UCSC Center for the Middle East and North Africa & Kuumbwa Jazz Present: Cheb Nasro
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, May 23, 2025 7pm
Location
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320 Cedar St
Details
Nasreddine Souidi is known as Cheb Nasro. He is a singer, composer, and songwriter who is best known for his Romantic Rai music. He is one of the most famous Romantic Rai singers of the Arabic speaking world. He has released more than 130 albums with popular hits such as “Libini W Binha” and “Ndirak Amour.”
Cheb Nasro was born on November 30, 1969 in the city of Ain Temouchent, Algeria. When he was eleven months old he and his family moved to the city of Oran where he grew up. Cheb Nasro began singing at a young age and in 1987 at age eighteen released his first album, which sold millions of copies. Cheb Nasro works with a number of music labels in Algeria including Disco Maghreb, Santana, Redson, and Sunhouse, as well as Mondo Melodia in the USA.
Presented with UCSC Center for the Middle East and North Africa, with support from The Humanities Institute at UCSC.
