With the soul and spirit of Algeria's mountainous region of Kabylia, Moh Alileche has been promoting Amazigh (Berber) culture since the early nineties from the West Coast. His fifth CD release finds him more politically engaged and musically forceful than ever. Alileche brings rock 'n' roll energy and commitment to his traditional ensemble. Track after track, Alileche's silken voice bears the raspy edge of hard experience and hard-earned moral authority as he addresses deep matters of invasion, repression, human love, and the tumultuous changes sweeping North Africa. "It started in Tunisia," he sings in one trenchant track.

By Banning Eyre, Senior Editor for afropop.org