Le 13ème album de Nour Eddine Fatty est consacré aux musiques gnawa. Morocco – Traditional songs & music, paru sur le label britannique ARC Music, fait la part belle aux cordes et au chant. Un album ...

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Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco's Gnawa, heirs to a musical and spiritual tradition brought north across the Sahara centuries ago by black slaves, are enjoying new fame as their hypnotic rhythms ...

In the late 60s and early 70s, jazz musicians popularized Albert Ayler’s notion that “music is the healing force of the universe”–which puts them about four centuries behind the Gnawa people of ...

Gnawa music is often likened to American blues and gospel. Gnawa music is a mixture of African rhythms and Islamic poetry created by enslaved West Africans brought to Morocco. For centuries, it was ...

ESSAOURIA, Morocco (AFP) — In a riot of color, acrobatics and drum beats, Morocco's gnawa artists joyously celebrated the inclusion of their ancient art-form in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural ...

Saha Gnawa joins a long list of ensembles that offer a fresh take on the renowned healing musical tradition of Morocco and Algeria. Gnawa music, with its loping, cyclic grooves and pentatonic scales, ...

Morocco has built a strong presence on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, with 16 recognized elements spanning music, craftsmanship, folklore, and fashion. Here are some of the most prominent ...