Hindi Zahra was born in Morocco in 1979 and moved to Paris when she was fourteen, but don't call her a spokesperson for young Moroccan migrants in France. "My music is my identity," she says firmly in an interview with French radio. She also says that she also likes to break through outside France. And why not? Zahra already has some trumps. She is under contract with the famous Blue Note and has
… delivered a highly original debut for that label. Handmade is a special amalgam of jazz, trip hop, chanson and Mali blues. The beautiful compositions are colored by Zahra's voice that reminds some critics of Billie Holiday. She usually sings in English, but sometimes also in French or Arabic. There is a stubborn whimsy to Hindi Zahra's melancholic music. There seem to be few obstacles between Hindi Zahra and her international breakthrough. (PdK)more
