◇ image via WikipediaRachid Taha
Rachid Taha is a Rock and World music act. Their sound grew out of The Clash, Elvis Presley, Steve Hillage, Justin Adams and Aterciopelados. Those roots explain a lot about how Rachid Taha arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Khaled, Cheb Mami, Cheb Hasni, Souad Massi and Fairuz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Balkan Beat Box, The Clash, Galactic, Robert Plant and Patti Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Rachid Taha, reaching back through The Clash and forward to Balkan Beat Box. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Rachid Taha connections
Rachid Taha grew out of The Clash, Elvis Presley, Steve Hillage and Justin Adams, shares an orbit with Khaled, Cheb Mami, Cheb Hasni and Souad Massi, went on to shape Balkan Beat Box, The Clash, Galactic and Robert Plant. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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