The lullaby ‘ A Vava Inouva ‘, composed by Idir in 1973, was inspired by the Kabyle tale Le Chêne et l’Ogre (The Oak and the Ogre) by Taos Amrouche (Le Grain Magique – Editions…
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Tribute to Idir, the extinct star of Kabyle song.A group of young women perform Adrar inu..
When Idir the Kabyle felt the Celtic soul in Brittany…headlined the Breton newspaper. An extract from the interview he gave in 2008 when he came to the Lorient Interceltic Festival. “I feel close to the Bretons…
When Idir sings, hearts open up because his melodies come from far, far away. From where the Kabyle soul vibrates in all its purity and splendour. The words are strung together like pearls, some more…
He is the man who has challenged the established order and broken taboos. He is the first to question the sacredness of Algeria’s territorial integrity. For some, he is a hero. For others, he is…
I don’t know if I should present this video as a song by the late Idir, or just an invitation to discover a Kabyle village.Good viewing and good listening
It was on May 2, 2020, six months already, that the great Kabyle troubadour left us. We already miss him. Here singer Yasmina Petrovic and singer Amar Amrani pay her a beautiful tribute by singing…
A soulful letter By Nora Bechiti I would’ve never predicted that I could feel such pain. A great poet has left us. you were a virtuoso musician, a great singer, an accomplished artist, a man…
This morning of May 02, 2020, we lost the one who was our official representative of the Kabyle culture and identity in front of the world, Hamid Cheriet, with the artist name Idir. A great…
The European left wing, which has been in power for over two centuries, from its colonial era, through its Nazi and communist crises and today Islamist era, has always conveyed only the cultural mediocrity of…