Search - Cheb Hasni :: Lover's Rai

Brilliant and deeply moving voice

P. Kelley | SC United States | 10/24/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Cheb Hasni was to be the torch bearer of rai after Khaled before he was mercilously gunned down in his native Algeria. This event ineluctably has given his music an increased resonance, especially songs such as "Don't cry this my destiny" which contains an out-of-this-world synthesizer motif. "I still have the souvenir" is another outstanding track, and never have I heard a vocal style imitate so vividly the torment of memory and love. The only negatives of the album are its unevenness and the quality of the recording; the latter is, of course, not surprising since Hasni, like many other rai artists, recorded masters directly onto cassette tapes."

The gentleman of Rai

P. Kelley | 05/26/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love this cd. It covers some of his best years in the 80's and early 90's. The melancholy, the sad beauty in his voice is chilling but gently so."