Si Michli Ayisli

Kabyle Chaabi Music Modern Brief biography of Rachid Mesbahi: Rachid Mesbahi was born in 1942, in the upper town of Tizi Ouzou, in Kabylia, precisely in the “Houmt El Djemaa” district. Son of Lounes known as Lounés Aissiou. He is the youngest of siblings four sisters and two brothers, Mouloud and Brahim. At a very young age, Rachid did small jobs including shoe shine in the streets. and alleys of the city to help his father a little in order to provide to the needs of the family, without neglecting his true passion what is music or every evening that God makes, he scratches the threads of a semblance guitar made from a metal lubricant can and a wooden neck. Over time he ends up handling almost all instruments with ease. of music to later become a virtuoso of the mandola. As a teenager, he left his country permanently to settle in Paris to finally become an essential musician for all performers of Kabyle/Algerian song in France. The mandola was and will always remain his favorite instrument. to accompany luminaries of chaabi and Kabyle song like Slimane Azem, Matoub Lounès, Dahmane El Harrachi, Akli Yahyatene, Salah Sadaoui, Allaoua Zerrouki, and many others. In the meantime he composes and performs his own works which will remain engraved in the annals of Kabyle song.