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Awesome Tapes from Africa | December 19th 2009 by brian
Jil JilalaSide 1Side 2Moroccan guys in the 70s who wanted to big up traditional music in a mainstream kind of way. Much of the music on this tape is gnawa in spirit, which really just means it's sublime, occasionally trance-inducing magic. The shadow read more
Colours by the Sea
Ruby in Wonderland | December 7th 2009
I fall in love with this quaint little town by the Atlantic coast. Gnawa music, blue doors, fish markets and cute boys everywhere! "Ey, pretty lady- where you from?" one Marley lookalike shouts to me. "Australia!" I reply. His eyes light up "Ah...I k read more
Gnawa Music, a musical-spiritual tradition rooted in Sufism
~::MARYAM::~ Tasawwuf Blog | November 23rd 2009 by Maryam
Joe Tangari, staff member at Pitchfork.com writes : To build a truly deep understanding of Gnawa music, its history, the story of the people who play it, and the religious and superstitious beliefs that inform it and determine its structure read more
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Texas Moving Company | October 21st 2009
Rick Spence wrote a new blog post: Live show webcam hot mon tchat Orient gnawa de marrakech 4 pers rai chaabi 4pers danseuse dakka marrakchia 5 pers webcams msn de filles très sexy . will be presented as an expansive live event in live read more
Wondrous Words Wednesday
Snowbell jewelry | October 21st 2009
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme, started by Bermudaonion where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.Today's words come from Miranda Innes' 'Cinnamon City'I must say that there were read more
Programa de Radio & TV Beat Video: Set 20.2
Atlantic Beat - Sunshine Music | October 17th 2009 by P Sergio
TV Beat Video: Aïwa featuring Jamalski à La Maroquinerie A banda Aïwa, originária de Rennes (França), na Primavera de 2007 lançou um CD de remixes de seu segundo álbum “El Nar” (fogo em árabe) alcançados no ano anterior. O grupo read more
Majid Bekkas: African Gnaoua Blues
Bluesmen's World(Music) | October 7th 2009 by Bluesmen
Majid Bekkas, oud and guembri virtuoso, guitar professor and singer, has long been a star in his home country Morocco. Over the last few years, he has found his way into the European jazz scene through his collaborations with Archie Shepp, Louis Scla read more
Marocco: la musica Gnawa
Restauro mobili antichi | September 25th 2009 by Giuppe
Marocco: Le origini, la storia della musica Gnawa I grandi della musica Gnawa: Hamid Elkssri Gnawa – I nuovi gruppi: Gnawa Diffusion read more
E’ tempo di musica: Marocco - Gnawa Diffusion
Restauro mobili antichi | September 22nd 2009 by Giuppe
Chocalhos - A Transumância Celebrada em Alpedrinha
RaÃzes e Antenas | September 17th 2009
De 18 a 20 de Setembro, Alpedrinha (Fundão) recebe de novo o Chocalhos - Festival dos Caminhos da Transumância, que - entre muitos outros - tem como destaques concertos de Teresa Salgueiro, Foles da Beira, Gnawa Al-Baraka, Dazkarieh, Tok'Avacalhar read more
Programa 15: set 1
Atlantic Beat - Sunshine Music | August 29th 2009 by P Sergio
Musicas: ZUR – Sobre Mi Tumba (album: SALE EL SOL) Orchestre National de Barbes – Poulina Amadou & Miriam – Artistiya Souad Massi – Manensa Asli (miwawa) (álbum: Mesk Elil) U Cef – Idman (Feat. Dar Gnawa, Sweetman & Sta read more
And so it begins...Road to Essaouira part I
Lalla Lydia | July 28th 2009 by Lalla Lydia
As a testament to Moroccan planning abilities* my husband, our friend and I debated for several days how we were going to make it down to Essaouira from Meknes for the Gnawa Music Festival.By debate I mean, one person brought it up briefly over coffe read more
Road Trip à la marocaine
Lalla Lydia | July 27th 2009 by Lalla Lydia
I meant to do a series of short posts on our summer 2008 road trip to the Gnawa Music Festival in Essaouira, Morocco earlier this month (in early July, just as this year’s festival was coming to an end) but with so much on my plate, I didn’t read more
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