Press
“She has created a style of her own, in which cool, gutsy western pop is matched against influences that range from North Africa to flamenco, West Africa to the Caribbean, but with those intimate, sad-edged ballads thankfully still there.”
THE GUARDIAN (UK)
“Music of introspective intimacy, strangely ethereal and ample vocals, Souad Massi makes music that remains North African but belongs to everyone.”
LIBERATION (FR)
“In the smile and the music of Souad Massi, there is above all something so simple that it is almost forgotten, ‘her inestimable faith in life’.”
LE MONDE (FR)
“Souad Massi, the new female voice of the Arab world.”
EL PAIS (ES)
“When Souad Massi sang at Central Park SummerStage…, her voice reached back to Algeria, where she was born. It’s a lustrous, rounded alto, full of melancholy and dignity, moving in taut arabesques to conjure heartache and resilience.”
NEW YORK TIMES (USA)
“Her trajectory is one of the most remarkable of the last few years. We discovered her in 2001, shortly after her arrival in France, with Raoui, a first album that inspired a thousand articles citing her as the Tracy Chapman or the Joan Baez of Algeria.”
LE FIGARO (FR)
“Souad always surprises. She loves Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, sings in Arabic and in French and always wears jeans. Folk & Country rather than Middle Eastern or Raï, and too bad if that challenges prejudices!”
FRANCE INTER (FR)