Shams Dinn شمس دين
https://amf.didiermary.fr/shams-dinn/
Shams Dinn, ’80s hip‑hop and modern arab music pioneer on a compilation of his best songs, from hip-hop to raï and funk.
Shams Dinn (Ben Bouchta Mohammed) was born in Oudja, Morocco in the ‘60s. His father died before he was born, and he was raised by his grandfather, a Sufi ascetic who awoke […]
Guedra Guedra – Mutant
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mutant-tamayyurt-guedra-guedra/
Traditional Moroccan music remixed creatively and without limits…
Moroccan producer Abdellah M. Hassak, aka Guedra Guedra, will release his second album, MUTANT, in a few days, with carefully sculpted dance rhythms, created with analogue synths and drum machines, blended in field recordings from across Africa.
“Tamayyurt” (full moon in Amazigh) is a collaboration with Amazigh [...]
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 […]
Music from Saharan Cellphones
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-saharan-cellphones/
Music from Saharan cellphones is a compilation, released in 2011, of music collected from memory cards and cellular phones in the Saharan desert. In much of West Africa, cellphones are used as all purpose multimedia devices. In lieu of personal computers and high speed internet, the knockoff cellphones house portable music collections, [...]
#Compilation #DesertBlues #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Rock #Tuareg #Global
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.
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, […]
Sabah Al Kheir Men زووج
https://zouj.bandcamp.com/album/sabah-al-kheir-men-mixtape
The newest wave of Rai — unofficially dubbed “way- way”.
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
MENA News Highlights - May 26 ‘26 - Zuhur News #323 on:
#AlAqsa #Jordan #Israel #Iran #Qatar #Libya #Gaza #Flotilla #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Indonesia #Gaza #Palestine #Tunisia #Morocco #Egypt#Syria #Kurds Please subscribe if possible. #press
https://www.patreon.com/posts/159306794?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
Cultural Roundup - June 7 ‘26 - Zuhur News #328 on: #Cinema#Satrapi #Alexandria #Sudan #Zanig #AghaniElBanat #Palestine #Danyl #Morocco #Egypt #Weaving #Theater #Beirut #Feiruz #Lebanon #Poetry #Bahrain #SaudiArabia Subscriptions appreciated.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/160445195?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
CHAAMA x ELJOEE - Hiya Hiya - REMIX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBxHXJ7D6Vs
The mysterious Moroccan singer reimagines old Arabic songs in hopes of preserving her heritage and spirituality in the face of changing music tastes [...]
A faceless sound: Chaama is completely anonymous to her fans and even most of her collaborators.
Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effect – Fin Roh
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aisha-kandishas-jarring-effect-fin-roh/
From album Shabeesation by Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effect (AKJE), recorded through several sessions in 1991 and 1992, in Casablanca, and later gone through Bill Laswell’s studio in 1993.
Under the direction of their Arabic-speaking Swiss leader and co-producer Patrick Jabbar El Shaheed, the seven members of AKJE recorded the initial sessions for [...]
Naab – Tamghra Nouchen
https://amf.didiermary.fr/naab-tamghra-nouchen/
Fusion of electro, drum’n bass, funk, jungle, breakbeat and traditional raw sounds from Morocco, from album “Salam Haleikoum” in 2002, by Naab, an Electro artist born to Berber parents exiled in France.
Produced largely in Morocco, the tracks composed a fiery postcard of a country opening up to the modern world in a spirit of […]
Asmae – Tayer
https://amf.didiermary.fr/asmae-tayer/
Asmae Charifi is a talented singer from Morocco. She offers neo-soul pop music sung in Darija, a mixture of rap, soul and pop.
She’s a 21-year-old, up and coming, self-taught Moroccan musician. She began making music videos in her bedroom, posting them on Instagram. She released her first EP “Atlas” in 2024. […]
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. [...]
MENA News Highlights - June 23 ‘26 - Zuhur News #336 on: #Iran #Oman #Algeria #Egypt #Morocco #Tunisia #Amazigh 🏳️🟦🟩🟨 #Iraq #Turkiye #Libya
#Qatar #Ukraine #Lebanon #Israel #Gaza #Scotland #Islamophobia If you like content, please hit the Join button. #press
https://www.patreon.com/posts/161885239?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
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). […]
Tarwa N-Tiniri - Zaman
https://tarwa.bandcamp.com/album/zaman
MENA News Highlights - 22 Aug. ‘26 - Zuhur News #355 on:
#Sudan #Morocco #Tunisia #Libya #Iraq #SaudiArabia #Kuwait #Pakistan #Turkiye #Palestine #Israel please subscribe - free or paid
https://www.patreon.com/posts/167408236?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
U-CEF – Halal Monk
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ucef-halal-monk/
Moulay Youssef Adel aka U-Cef is one of the greats of Moroccan Drum & Bass music. “Halal Monk” is from “Halalium” in 1999.
Musique de Fëte
https://amf.didiermary.fr/musique-de-fete/
The “Musique de Fëte” collective was started by Nowadays Records and the producer KasbaH to spotlight the electronic Eastern scene through a series of mixtapes and parties in Europe and the Maghreb.
With Musique de Fëte Vol. 4, a meticulously curated compilation by KasbaH, the artist continues his exploration of Maghreb and Middle Eastern sounds […]
