Akli D

Recording artist Akli D is one of his generation's leading folk heroes, mixing the North African music of his upbringing with a variety of world genres, including blues, reggae, and more. Born Akli Dehlis in the village of Kerouan, Akli was surrounded by the music of his native Berber people, the pre-Arab inhabitants of the southern Mediterranean coastline. His mother a folksinger, Akli took to music naturally. He began synthesizing his loves for the music of his heritage, and the music he heard on American and French radio while in his teens. Forced to relocate to France as a...