In the Moroccan souks of Fez and Marrakesh, Gnawa musicians gather in the middle of the night and play sintirs (long-necked lutes), garagab (metal castanets) and other instruments that create ...

A dancer whips her hair and lifts and drops her chest as the thwacking bass sound of the sintir fills the air. There are cries of “Ifriqiya!” and “Kandisha!” The musicians call out the names of ...

Gnawa Trance Fusion brings Moroccan Sufi praise music to a meeting with blues and Afro-funk. Gnawa music is a well-preserved heritage of ritual poetry with traditional music and dance, becoming ...

Artists like Hassan Hakmoun, Kateb Amazight of Gnawa Diffusion, and, more recently,Guedra Guedra, to name just a few of many examples. Anyone who has followed the Essaouira Gnawa and World Music ...

BEIRUT: "This tune is a special f*** off to the U.S. Army," roars Amazigh Kateb into a microphone to the packed audience at Beirut's Music Hall. "It's called Bush jump up! Every time you jump and land ...