Cheb i Sabbah's life traces an almost fairy-tale perfect path through the evolution of what's now called world music. Born in Algeria in 1947, he absorbed the Judeo-Arabic Andalusian music of his ...
Hollywood filmmakers put world music in their movies whenever they want to create an exotic mood, which is why -- to cite just one current example -- director Adrian Lyne used songs by the great ...
Global DJ, composer and musician Cheb I Sabbah died last Thursday at the age of 66 after a two-year battle with Stage IV stomach cancer. Gifted with a radiant personality and a joyous spirit, he ...