In a time of Spotify and Anghami playlists, the face of the global music industry is quickly changing, giving room for unconventional and different artists from various backgrounds to take the stage. Today, you can sometimes hear more than one language in one song, connecting all the diverse musical and cultural influences together. These are some of the emerging artists in the global music scene coming from Egypt, Algeria and the Arab world. 1. Lolo Zouai (French-Algerian) Songs to Listen to: High Highs to Low Lows, Desert Rose, Brooklyn Love Born in Paris to French and Algerian parents, before relocating to San Francisco and then New York, the young 24-year old singer is a rising star with over 28 million streams on Spotify, including 10 million for her single ‘High Highs to Low Lows’. Featured as “one to watch” by The Guardian in April 2019, the singer brings a fresh new sound, combining French, English and Arabic lyrics and influences. 2. Binti (Egyptian-Belgian) Songs to Listen to: I Feel it Coming, Loaded, My Sun My Moon Belgian-Egyptian group of six sisters ‘Binti’, which means “my daughter” or “my girl” in…
5 New International Artists With North African and Arab Roots
January 24, 2020
