Khaled wins BBC music award

[Kendra1]

The word Rai comes from the word for 'view' or 'opinion' when it started it was almost like a rebel music, music that talked about life without the constraints of religion and culture.It was born in Western Algeria and spread to places like Oujda and then grew and grew.It is definitely not Arabic pop

[moroccanchica]

Originally posted by Kendra1
The word Rai comes from the word for 'view' or 'opinion' when it started it was almost like a rebel music, music that talked about life without the constraints of religion and culture.It was born in Western Algeria and spread to places like Oujda and then grew and grew.It is definitely not Arabic pop

Its Popular music no? It may have origintated from North africa but it is still arabic POPULAR music

[Kendra1]

Originally posted by moroccanchica

Its Popular music no? It may have origintated from North africa but it is still arabic POPULAR music

I was refering more to the Arabic part. Its North African popular music, not Arabic..noone in the Middle East listens to it!

[moroccanchica]

Originally posted by Kendra1

I was refering more to the Arabic part. Its North African popular music, not Arabic..noone in the Middle East listens to it!

Do you prefer rai babes???

[Kendra1]

i like both really,as long as its a good tune, i'm not fussed where it comes from

[Lotfi-dk]

Originally posted by Kendra1
The word Rai comes from the word for 'view' or 'opinion' when it started it was almost like a rebel music, music that talked about life without the constraints of religion and culture.It was born in Western Algeria and spread to places like Oujda and then grew and grew.It is definitely not Arabic pop

also

Raï (pronounced "rye") literally means "a way of seeing," "an opinion," "a point of view," "advice," but also "an aim," "a plan" and even "a thought," "a judgment," "a will." In Orania it is widely said that in the past people went to a shikh, a poet of malhun, to ask for his raï, his advice, expressed as poetry. Many, even raï musicians and singers, will say today that this is the real raï.

But the word also appears as a stopgap expression in a number of songs of a more popular kind, as one finds "aman, aman" in Turkish songs, "ya lil, ya lil" in Egyptian songs, and "dan dani" in the poetry of the shikhs (all of these expressions are also found in raï), or the "oh no, oh no" or "yeah, yeah" of rock and blues lyrics.

Raï's rhythmic and tonal universe originates from western Algeria, with its center of gravity lying between Relizane, Saida, Sidi Bel Abbès, Oujda (in Morocco), and Oran. The emergence of raï is generally associated with the migration into the cities of western Algeria, starting with the world depression in the 1930s. Other sources, however, mention elements which are associated with the raï music of today, such as the "repetitive" musical form, improper forms of expression, women entertaining men, and games of competition, indicating that raï as a genre goes much further back in history.

[Lotfi-dk]

Pic of Khaled after been awarded for world music 2005 (Middle East and North Africa)


Watch it here. CAN'T BE MISSED
http://www.bbc.co.uk//radio3/awards2...ed_16x9_bb.ram