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Sonic Pluriverse Festival 2026 Echoes of Gnawa banner. a colorful design with metal castanets (karkabas) in the corners.

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Berlin’s Sonic Pluriverse Festival 2026 Spotlights Gnawa Music in Five-Week Program

World Music Central News Room June 16, 2026 No Comments Alessia Tondo Aly Keïta Trio Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou Baaba Maal & Daande Leñol Bab L‘Bluz Garifuna Collective Gnawa Diffusion Gnawa music Hassan Boussou Hicham Bilali & Black Koyo Justin Adams Maalem Mustapha Sam & Mqaddma Souad Majid Bekkas & Bassekou Kouyaté Mauro Durante Mehdi Nassouli Moonlight Benjamin Sonic Pluriverse Festival Vieux Farka Touré world fusion world music

The 2026 Sonic Pluriverse Festival will place Gnawa music at the center of a five-week program at the rooftop terrace of Haus der Kulturen der…

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt photo by Mathias Völzke/HKW

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Berlin’s Sonic Pluriverse Festival 2026 Announces Global Echoes of Gnawa

World Music Central News Room February 19, 2026 No Comments Asmaa Hamzaoui Baaba Maal Bab L’Bluz Berlin Bnat Timbouktou Gnawa Diffusion Gnawa music Justin Adams Mauro Durante Moonlight Benjamin Moroccan music Salif Keita Sonic Pluriverse Festival world music

Sonic Pluriverse Festival has set its 2026 edition at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt, with a program dedicated to Gnawa music culture. The festival…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Gnawa Diffusion

Angel Romero June 7, 2018 No Comments Algerian music Gnawa Diffusion Gnawa music Moroccan music world fusion world music

The members of Gnawa Diffusion, who are based in Grenoble in the South East of France, come from a rich mix of musical and cultural…

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