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Tag: Gnawa music

Album reviews

Houssam Gania’s Trance Ritual Music

TJ Nelson February 28, 2019 No Comments Gnawa musicHoussam GaniaMoroccan 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…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: M’alem Abdellah Boulkhair El Gourd

Angel Romero October 23, 2018 No Comments Gnawa musicM'alem Abdellah Boulkhair El GourdMoroccan musicMorocco

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…

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Artist Profiles: Gnawa Halwa

Angel Romero October 21, 2018 No Comments Gnawa HalwaGnawa musicMoroccan musicMorocco

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…

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Artist Profiles: Gnawa Sidi Mimoun

Angel Romero October 21, 2018 No Comments Gnawa musicGnawa Sidi MimounMoroccan musicMorocco

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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Artist Profiles: Hamid El Gnawi

Angel Romero October 21, 2018 No Comments Gnawa musicHamid El GnawiMoroccan musicMorocco

Born in Morocco in a family of Gnawa masters, Hamid el Gnawi – i.e. Hamid Faraji – is the herald of a young generation of…

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Artist Profiles: Orchestre National de Barbes

Angel Romero June 11, 2018 No Comments African musicFranceGnawa musicOrchestre National de BarbèsRai

Orchestre National de Barbés is a piece of North Africa stranded in the heart of Paris. In English, the name means The National Barbés Orchestra,…

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Artist Profiles: Gnawa Diffusion

Angel Romero June 7, 2018 No Comments Algerian musicGnawa DiffusionGnawa musicMoroccan musicworld fusionworld 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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Tawassol by Gabacho Maroc Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart Album in March 2018

World Music Central News Room March 1, 2018 No Comments Gabacho MarocGnawa musicMoroccan musicworld fusion

Tawassol, the album released by French band Gabacho Maroc is the number one album at the Transglobal World Music Chart in March 2018. The band…

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Artist Profiles: Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa

Angel Romero March 12, 2017 No Comments Gnawa musicMaâlem Abdallah GuinéaMoroccan musicMorocco

Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa is descended from an acclaimed family of artists. His father, Boubker Guinéa, is considered as one of Morocco’s greatest of all maâlems.…

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Artist Profiles: Hasna El Becharia

Angel Romero June 10, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicGnawa musicHasna el Becharia

Hasna el Becharia is a female Gnawa multi-instrumentalist. She was born in 1951 in Béchar (formerly known as Colomb-Béchar, a garrison town during the time…

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