Her last album was 'N'ta Goudami' and Cheikha Rimitti was 83 years old when she recorded it.
Not long after, she passed away.
This fierce musician was such an integral part of the Rai music movement and influenced countless musicians with her sense of poetry and outspoken adversity. Her music was banned from her homeland Algeria and Rimitti spent a large amount of time in France where eventually she died of a heart attack in 2006.
I was walking home a few weeks ago when a car sped by with thumping music and the distinctive voice of Rimitti spilling into the streets. I got goosebumps on the spot.
I have an old vinyl record of her earlier recordings, and one of my favorite things to do is light candles, uncork a bottle of red wine and play it really, really loud.
I think she would approve.
Not long after, she passed away.
This fierce musician was such an integral part of the Rai music movement and influenced countless musicians with her sense of poetry and outspoken adversity. Her music was banned from her homeland Algeria and Rimitti spent a large amount of time in France where eventually she died of a heart attack in 2006.
I was walking home a few weeks ago when a car sped by with thumping music and the distinctive voice of Rimitti spilling into the streets. I got goosebumps on the spot.
I have an old vinyl record of her earlier recordings, and one of my favorite things to do is light candles, uncork a bottle of red wine and play it really, really loud.
I think she would approve.
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she looks fierce and groovy!
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