Diwân
Diwân is a studio album released in 1998 by Franco-Algerian raï artist Rachid Taha. In contrast to his earlier releases, Diwân contains less rock and punk music, and features more traditional Arabic instruments. Many of the songs are about the founding fathers of raï music, and the lyrics are in Arabic and French.
A video clip was made for "Ida".
Personnel
- Rachid Taha - vocals
- Amina Alaoui - vocals
- Steve Hillage - engineer, guitar, mixing, producer, programming
- Kaseeme Jalanne - oud
- Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, percussion, backing vocals
- Bob Loveday - strings
- Pete Macgowan - strings
- Hossam Ramzy - percussion
- Geoffrey Richardson - strings
- Aziz Ben Salem - flute