This is one of the most incredible songs that ever existed. I was first introduced to it by my brother. He brought me an Africando CD (Baloba) for my birthday in 1999. It had a French and an English salsa version of Aicha.
Khaled was introduced to me later that year when Emma introduced me to world music night at El Rio off Mission and Cesar Chavez in San Francisco.
My love for this song was gelled.
Last year at Stern Grove Cheb Khaled crooned "Aicha" and that sentimental chill poured down my spine. A song I have loved for the better part of a decade resonated through me in the grove of euchalyptus trees, surrounded by 10,000 people, including 20+ of my friends.
Does it get any better than that?
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