The Kingdom of Morocco is located in northwestern Africa.
Berber Music
Berbers, the original inhabitants of Morocco, are world famous for their biting and stimulating rhythms, which inspired today’s trance music. The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók went to Morocco to make field recordings and the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin made albums with local musicians.
Traditional Berber songs are based on call and response vocals and mesmerizing percussion.
Musical Genres
Amarg – Sung poetry from the Atlas region of Morocco.
Gharnati (Arabic for Granada) is one of the major Andalusian musical styles, migrated from Granada, Spain, to Morocco in the 15th century. Its roots lie in the diverse music schools of medieval Andalusia, where the Arab-Andalusian musical style originally developed some 800 years earlier. Gharnati was preserved by the Tlemceni families and other communities that fled medieval Spain to settle in several places in Morocco, especially in Fes.
Moroccan Musicians
Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects
Abdeljalil Kodssi
Amina Alaoui
Asmaa Hamzaoui
B’net Houariyat
Bnet Marrakech
El Houssaine Kili
Gnawa Halwa
Gnawa Sidi Mimoun
Hamid El Gnawi
Hassan Erraji
Hassan Hakmoun
Karima Skalli
Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa
Mehdi Nassouli
Mehdi Qamoum
Nass El Ghiwane
Nass Marrakech
Omar Metioui
Orquesta de Mujeres de Tanger
Oudaden
