The king of rai
James B. Whitney | Minneapolis, MN. USA | 02/14/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Rachid Taha has always made high quality music in which he incorporates a wide variety of styles. On Diwan2 he returns to the roots of rai but with some interesting additions. Some of the songs are in French and he has included English translations for all the songs. As previously stated, the music is more traditional and has more in common with Diwan than it does with more rock influenced albums like Made in Medina and Tekitoi. This does not take away from the power of the music but gives it a very earthy, almost primal feel. Another thing which Rachid Taha does on all his releases is to assemble great musicians to support his excellent, expressive voice. Rachid Taha fans will appreciate this disc as will anyone interested in some Algerian roots music or for that matter, anyone who enjoys good music in general."