Cheb Khaled
Young Khaled
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AMG Review of Young Khaled
John Storm Roberts
All Music GuideThis is a reminder of what the fuss was about, before raď joined the other five-minute wonders. You can hear the reworking of tradition in the long songs with the free-rhythm openings before the percussion kicks in, even if the backing is synth and not oud, and realize where Khaled came from and where he was going before the world-beat surfers and global-village marketeers sucked him in.
 "Young Khaled")
