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Moh Alileche
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Growing up in Algeria’s mountainous Kabylia region, Moh Alileche taught himself to play a homemade version of the country’s national instrument, the mondol, constructed out of a rectangular one-gallon Mobil oil can and a piece of wood serving as a neck strung with a single string. On Friday, Alileche performs at Ashkenaz playing a full-fledged mondol, which produces a rich, resonant, twangy sound with its large lute-like body and 10 silk strings. While he’s come a long way from his hometown 60 miles north of Algiers, his music retains the distinctive rhythms and cadences of the song… read more
Growing up in Algeria’s mountainous Kabylia region, Moh Alileche taught himself to play a homemade version of the country’s national instrument, the mondol, constructed out of a rectangular… read more
Growing up in Algeria’s mountainous Kabylia region, Moh Alileche taught himself to play a homemade version of the country’s national instrument, the mondol, constructed out of a rectangular one-gallon Mobil oil can and a piece of wood … read more
