Lili Boniche (Elie Boniche) was born in 1921 in Algiers from a Jewish family. He is one of the most famous Andalusian-Arab music singers. He was an innovator in music, mixing oriental rhythms with jazz and African Latin music. He died in Paris, in 2008.
This song is my favorite version of Carlos Eleta Almaran's "Historia de un Amor". A wonderful romantic performance, with a perfect harmony of instruments, lyrics and vocal.
This reminds us of a beautiful era, when Algeria had real artists, when people were singing love in a pure way, where all Algerians were living in peace and harmony no matter their origins.
"...there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing for ever everything that is familiar".
