The album Oulad Lghaba from Moroccan Gnawa musician Asmâa Hamzaoui and her band Bnat Timbouktou (Daughters of Timbuktu) is the number one album in the…
View More Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou Top the January 2020 Transglobal World Music ChartTag: Gnawa music
Gnawa Culture Inscribed in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Gnawa culture has been inscribed this month in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Gnawa refers to a series of musical events,…
View More Gnawa Culture Inscribed in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.Artist Profiles: Asmaa Hamzaoui
Asmaa Hamzaoui is the leading female performer of Gnawa music. Together with her band Bnat Timbouktou (Daughters of Timbuktu), she performs Gnawa music that goes…
View More Artist Profiles: Asmaa HamzaouiCutting Edge Vietnamese Virtuosity and Fiery Gnawa Trance at Rainforest World Music Festival 2019
The air conditioned Theater Stage at the Rainforest World Music Festival 2019 presented Hà Nội Duo and Mehdi Nassouli on Day 1, Friday, July 12,…
View More Cutting Edge Vietnamese Virtuosity and Fiery Gnawa Trance at Rainforest World Music Festival 2019Morocco’s Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup
Acclaimed Moroccan event Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival 2019 will take place June 20-23. The festival is held in Essawira, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.…
View More Morocco’s Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival Reveals 2019 LineupArtist Profiles: Mehdi Nassouli
Mehdi Nassouli was born in Tarudant, southern Morocco, engaged in Gnawa culture. A phenomenal musical talent, he learned to play various musical instruments at an…
View More Artist Profiles: Mehdi NassouliHoussam Gania’s Trance Ritual Music
Houssam Gania – Mosawi Swiri (Hive Mind Records, 2019) Sometimes the best music is the result of misery. Think about it, a good number of…
View More Houssam Gania’s Trance Ritual MusicArtist Profiles: M’alem Abdellah Boulkhair El Gourd
M’alem Abdellah Boulkhair El Gourd is a Master healer Gnawa musician born in 1947 in the Kasbah of Tanger, Morocco. The Gnawa are a group…
View More Artist Profiles: M’alem Abdellah Boulkhair El GourdArtist Profiles: Gnawa Halwa
The members of Gnawa Halwa were born and still live in the heart of their Gnawi brotherhood in Marrakesh. Day to day life within this…
View More Artist Profiles: Gnawa HalwaArtist Profiles: Gnawa Sidi Mimoun
The Gnawa Sidi Mimoun of Casablanca, led by the prestigious m’aalem Sam (Mohammed Zourbat, deceased) and Amida (Ahmed) Boussou, have played many times abroad, doing…
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