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Cheikha Rimitti
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Cheikha Rimitti, born as Saadia El Ghizania in Tessala in western Algeria, made her first record in 1952. She sang in street language about longing, drink and poverty, subjects that until then had been heard only privately at weddings, and her hit Charrak Gatta shocked conservative listeners. Younger raï singers called her the mother of the genre. On Sidi Mansour (1994) Flea and Robert Fripp played with her.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to Charragt, a later recording of her early hit: her raw voice is up front, carried by a stomping rhythm.
Charragt · Cheikha Rimitti, 2005
Nouar · Cheikha Rimitti, 2000
N'ta goudami · Cheikha Rimitti, 2005
Discography
Studio albums
- 1989Ghir el Baroud
- 1994Les Racines Du Raï
- 1994Sidi Mansour
- 1995Sidi Mansour
- 1999Aux sources du Raï
- 2000Nouar
- 2005Hina Ou Hina
- 2005N'ta Goudami
- 2009La Rimitti Vol. 2
- ?Nouar