Lahillah Express - Gnawa Impulse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=191h3Sy_8Fc
morocco
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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Bab L’Bluz - Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASi_q8T7dp8
Dancing Under the Moon
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dancing-under-moon-master-musicians-jajouka/
The Master Musicians of Jajouka, led by Bachir Attar, introduce us to centuries‑old Sufi musical tradition from Morocco, revisited in 2022.
Jajouka is the name of a hidden village in the Jebala foothills of northern Morocco. You won’t find it on any roadmap. But Jajouka is the home of the tribe Ahl Serif, sometimes translated […]
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Ta Ha - Belhda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nGe-QJMf78
This young Moroccan artist composes, writes and performs music inspired by a centuries-old heritage: the Malhoun, a popular poetry from the Maghreb, which is sung in dialect (Darija). Taha Nouri has brought this tradition up to date.
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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From the vault: 2022
Africa comes to Real World: revisiting albums by six legendary artists
https://realworldrecords.com/features/long-reads/africa-comes-to-real-world-revisiting-albums-by-six-legendary-artists/
https://realworldrecords.com/news/new-reissue-series-africa-sessions-at-real-world-out-this-june/
#Africa #RealWorld #AfricanMusic #Tanzania #BurkinaFaso #Morocco #Nigeria #Senegal #SierraLeone
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Opika Pende – Africa At 78 RPM
https://amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/
“Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM” is a 4-CD collection featuring 100 tracks, released in 2011, taken from rare 78 RPM recordings of African music (1909 to mid-1960s), none of which have ever been issued on CD.
Many African countries appear in this compilation, edited by Jonathan Ward: [...]
#Algeria #Compilation #Egypt #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Nigeria #Somalia #Tunisia #OldAfricanMusic
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If there are drummers around here, my friend @steveshehan has only 1 pair of handmade Berber brushes left in his shop.
https://www.steveshehan.com/product/jeu-balais-berberes-pochette/
Hoba Hoba Spirit – El Caid Motorhead (2005)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hoba-hoba-spirit-el-caid-motorhead/
Hoba Hoba Spirit is a musical fusion band based in Casablanca, Morocco that was formed in 1998.
R.I.P Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, Motörhead frontman
From their album Blad Skizo released in 2005.
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Abdou El Omari
https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdou-el-omari/
Ultra rare Oriental psychedelic trilogy from the organ king of Casablanca, Abdou El Omari, combining traditional rhythms with spaced out modern sounds. Considered a pioneer of Moroccan psychedelia, his generation of musicians revolutionized traditional music and opened wider horizons without altering its soul.
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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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OUM - Lalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fMoUEemn7M
From new DIALDDAR ("homemade"), an album without strings or wind instruments, relying solely on voice and percussion.
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
3MA – AnaRouz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/3ma-anarouz-espoir-hope/
3MA = Ballaké Sissoko (Kora), Driss El Maloumi (Oud), Rajery (Valiha)
AnaRouz (Espoir/Hope) is an album released in 2017.
3MA is the meeting of three string-instrument virtuosi, emblematic of their countries in Africa, but also of generous artists who share a musical passion, a reciprocal dialogue and a beautiful friendship. In 2006 when the Malian […]
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Oum – Daba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-daba/
Daba, the first single from Oum’s eponymous album in 2019, means “Now” in Moroccan.
Recorded in Berlin this third album mixes traditional, Arab and Saharawi elements with more contemporary influences from soul, jazz and electro trance. With Daba, Oum describes a kind of state of emergency where the increasing speed of exchanges in the world […]
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Oum – Nia (from Zarabi)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-nia-zarabi/
In September 2015, Oum released her fourth album “Zarabi”, which means “Carpets” in Moroccan Darija and is a tribute to the carpet weavers of the village of M’Hamid El Ghizlane in the Sahara region of the Moroccan South.
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Freres Bouchenak - Salou Ala El Hadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrnrVTuy2Kk
Hamid, Omar, Mohamed and Reda, the Bouchnak brothers or Rai Knights, were raised in a family of artists from Oujda.
They won the first prize in the "Adoua El Madina" contest with their first song "Jennouni" recorded in 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEkkad02P4
Momo – Digital Garab
https://amf.didiermary.fr/momo-digital-garab/
Momo stands for “Music of Moroccan Origin,” mixing their North African origins and their UK life into “DaR music,” their futuristic Digital and Roots style, a blend between dance sounds (house, garage, techno and breakbeat) and traditional Moroccan music, reflecting the multi-identity of Momo’s band [...]
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Argan - Umlil (Ajdig)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qHf62z6rKg
From Berberism (1996) https://www.discogs.com/release/226754-Argan-Berberism
Naab - Tamghra Nouchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AssGVwOe8HA
From Salam Haleikoum (2002) https://www.discogs.com/release/1118096-Naab-Salam-Haleikoum
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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