Raï originated in the 1920s Oran, an Algerian port city on the border to Morocco, as a new type of controversial popular music blending influences from Beduine folk, Moroccan melhun, Gnawa, flamenco and French cabaret.
Raï originated in the 1920s Oran, an Algerian port city on the border to Morocco, as a new type of controversial popular music blending influences from Beduine folk, Moroccan melhun, Gnawa, flamenco and French cabaret.