Natacha Atlas News and Photos

Readers recommend: songs about hands – results

Thu, January 03 2013 3:41pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Shortly after I was born my father picked me up and sat me in the palm of his hand.

Five Good Covers: I Put A Spell On You

Fri, June 22 2012 9:32pm - Source: Cover Me

Five Good Covers presents five cross-genre reinterpretations of an oft-covered song.

Top 10 World Music Albums – March 2012

Wed, March 21 2012 11:30pm - Source: SoundRoots

This month's Top 10 includes a new face at the top -- the ebullient Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara, whose debut album is a stunner.

The Very Guest of… Peter Gabriel (Part 2)

Tue, September 13 2011 2:57pm - Source: Pop Dose

More easily than most rock stars, Peter Gabriel has settled into his inevitable role as an elder statesman.

Monday's mp3: Malika Zarra

Mon, April 25 2011 6:42pm - Source: SoundRoots

If you think North Africa is all about revolts, revolutions, and retrenching dictators, you may need the balm of Malika Zarra's music.

Monday's mp3: Mexi-Arabic Flamenco

Tue, February 22 2011 8:25am - Source: SoundRoots

Sometimes I wish I lived on the other coast.

Natacha Atlas - Mounqaliba

Fri, September 17 2010 3:04pm - Source: BBC Music

In recent times, Belgian singer Natacha Atlas has moved closer to an acoustic palette.

Natacha Atlas Illuminates the Shifting Global Zeitgeist

Tue, August 03 2010 8:04pm - Source: Spinner

As the sky over the Skirball Center transformed from twilight to night, Natacha Atlas and her band – performing in the cultural organization's hilltop courtyard alongside the 405 Freeway – shifted from music associated with Lebanese pop-folk idol Fairuz to English somber-jazz-folkie Nick Drake to American jazz-soul activist Nina Simone just as smoothly and imperceptibly.

St. Vincent, Man Man Underwhelm at Calgary Folk Fest Workshop

Tue, July 27 2010 3:48pm - Source: Spinner

The Calgary Folk Festival closed out its Sunday daytime program with an eclectic combination of indie, dance and African rhythms, as Man Man , St. Vincent , DJ Logic and Etran Finatawa joined together under the ambitiously-named 'Mysteries of the Universe Unravelled' workshop.