eMorocco » Culture http://emorocco.co.uk Mad About Morocco Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Aicha by Outlandish and the King of Rai http://emorocco.co.uk/2009/12/aicha-by-outlandish-and-the-king-of-rai/ http://emorocco.co.uk/2009/12/aicha-by-outlandish-and-the-king-of-rai/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:37:22 +0000 Nik http://emorocco.co.uk/?p=184 Morocco has a rich musical heritage and it is not surprising that today’s Moroccan musicians have an international influence.

The song below is performed by the award winning multi-cultural group Outlandish and the words are translated in to English. One of the group, Isam Bachiri is Moroccan while the others two, Lenny Martinez aand Waqas Qadri are from Honduras and Pakistan respectively.

There is no doubt that the Outlandish version is brilliant and the video is excellent but it is no better than the original by the King of Rai Cheb Khalid, which you can hear here:

What do you think?

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