Lahillah Express - Gnawa Impulse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=191h3Sy_8Fc
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Houssam Gania – Mosawi Swiri
https://amf.didiermary.fr/houssam-gania-mosawi-swiri/
Maâlem Houssam Gania is the son of the legendary Maâlem Mahmoud Gania and heir to an ancestral Gnawa tradition dating back to Ba Massoud.
Born in Marrakech, he grew up in a family deeply rooted in this music, alongside his uncle Mokhtar Gania and his older brother Hamza.
Houssam and his group have been mastering their […]
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Abdel Benaddi — A Dream In Essaouira (2024)
https://abdelbenaddi.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-in-essaouira
"On 'A Dream In Essaouira' Abdel presents a pure and authentic recording of Gnawa - which stands out against the more prevalent fusion-orientated acts in Europe. Growing up in the spiritual heartland of Gnawa music, Abdel Benaddi has been immersed in the rituals and ceremonies from a young age."
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Ami Taf Ra - How I Became A Madman
Feat. Kamasi Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkj3kBkcA4c
LA-based Moroccan artist, inspired by Khalil Gibran’s seminal work "The Prophet" https://www.kahlilgibran.com/images/The%20Prophet%20Ebook%20by%20Kahlil%20Gibran.pdf
“I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen.”
From "The Prophet and The Madman," produced by Kamasi Washington.
https://amitafra.bandcamp.com/album/the-prophet-and-the-madman
The Trance of Seven Colors
https://amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven-colors/
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders
#70smusic #Gnawa #Jazz #Morocco #OldAfricanMusic #PharoahSanders
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Saha Gnawa - Soudani Manayou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a14nLVZOYCc
Moroccan Gnawa paired with NYC jazz and groove. https://sahagnawa.bandcamp.com/album/saha-gnawa
Tiwiza – At U Azeka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tiwiza-at-u-azeka/
Tiwiza offers North African indie blues rock, inspired by Matoub Lounès (Algerian Kabylian singer, poet and thinker), Tinariwen or Orchestre National de Barbès.
This band, based in France (Toulouse), intends to merge the Berber culture, which spans nine countries and encompasses Tuareg blues as well as Gnawa music, with the music of the Clash or […]
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الموجة – AYWA – Lmouja
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aywa-lmouja/
“AYWA distills an explosive mixture which invites people to gather and dance, a meeting between the songs of the Maghreb and the musics of the world, Rock, Jazz…
By merging the music of North Africa and the world with the electric sounds of the West, AYWA delivers an attractive and original music, energetic and rebellious.The band […]
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Phil Von & the Gnawa musicians of Fès
L'autre nuit (1999)
https://philvon.bandcamp.com/album/lautre-nuit-with-the-gnawa-musicians-of-f-s
Aziz Sahmaoui – Nouria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aziz-sahmaoui-nouria-university-gnawa/
From album “Poetic Trance”, by Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa in 2019. Aziz Sahmaoui co-founded l’Orchestre National de Barbès (ONB), which mixed Reggae and Raï with North African influences. […]
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Ghoula – Bambara
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ghoula-bambara/
Ghoula honors the Stambeli, cousin of the Sufi brotherhoods such as Algerian Diwan and the Gnawas of Morocco, in his track “Bambara” from album “Demi Ecrémé.”
Ghoula is a Producer, Musician, Film music composer. In 2016, the artist made an appearance with a first album entitled “Hlib el-Ghoula,” which means “Ogress Milk” in Tunisian dialect […]
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Mahmoud Guinia – Colours of the Night
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maalem-mahmoud-guinia-colours-night/
Mahmoud Guinia (Gania or Guenya) was born in 1951 in the city of Essaouira, the second son of a master of Gnawa music. His family of both the father’s and mother’s sides came from present day Mali. They were employed as soldiers in the sultan’s army.The Guinia family is regarded as the main representative for […]
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Oum – Taragalte
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-taragalte-soul-morocco/
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui, known as Oum, is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Performing and recording both in North Africa and in Europe, she mixes multiple traditional and international influences.
Soul meets Gnaoua meets Jazz in her album “Soul of Morocco” in 2013.
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Bab L’ Bluz – Ila Mata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bab-l-bluz-ila-mata/
Traditionally reserved to men, the “Guembri,” a 3-stringed lute-like instrument that goes hand-in-hand with Gnawa music, is given a new life by Yousra Mansour creatively upping her heritage and the roots of blues.
Ila Mata is from album “Nayda!” on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label in 2020.
Moroccan-French power quartet, […]
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Rhythm Showcase (2020)
"Sink your teeth into this baker’s dozen of tantalizing, previously unreleased songs by Antibalas, Menahan Street Band, Innov Gnawa, as well as other deep cuts and diasporic dialogues from across space and time."
Ami Taf Ra live on KEXP (11/2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpWmLMrqN8
Songs:
Law Kaana Qalbi 00:28
Speak To Us 03:36
How I Became A Madman 04:57
Love 11:56
The Prophet 21:14
See also: https://indieweb.social/@blogamf/115187302700266326
Idriss El Mehdi – No Problem
https://amf.didiermary.fr/idriss-el-mehdi-no-problem/
From album “Wild Bird” by Idriss El Mehdi in 2013. The incomparable groove of Keziah Jones, the warm voice and mythic slides of Ben Harper and the profound mystique of maalem gnaoui Mahmoud Guinea in a single project : afro-gnawa soul has finally revived and fused with original blues, replacing the double bass and electric […]
Mehdi Qamoum – Ana W Ana (Live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum-ana-w-ana/
Mehdi Qamoum is a versatile composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Agadir. A traditional gnawa musician, Mehdi has mastered numerous folk instruments including guembri, outar, karbaou, bendir and a custom guembri four-string electric bass which he built himself. [...]
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Gnawa Soul
https://amf.didiermary.fr/moktar-gania-gnawa-soul/
Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul in “Rabi Laafou”, a song to celebrate the city of Essaouira (Morocco), from the fortress of the Gnawas where they have their one and only sacred place left in Morocco, The Zaouia Sidna Bilal. This traditional ballad is a tribute to the past Gnawa Maalem (Masters). […]
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