Algerian musician Massi to perform in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (A.A) - January 17, 2012 - Algerian musician Souad Massi will give a concert in Istanbul. Her concert will take place at Is Sanat on January 20. Souad Massi, born in 1972, is an Algerian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algerie concert in Paris, which led to a recording contract with Island Records. Massi's music, which prominently features the acoustic guitar, displays Western musical style influences such as rock, country or the Portuguese fado but sometimes incorporates oriental musical influences and oriental instruments like the oud as well as African musical stylings.  Massi sings in Algerian Arabic, French, and occasionally English and Kabyle (Berber language), often employing multiple languages in the same song.