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 ...
Moroccan-Brazilian artist Lala Tamar traces her journey through Moroccan musical traditions, shaped by direct learning with ...
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 ...
Moroccan-Italian singer-songwriter NABD to reflect on stepping away from music and finding his way back years later ...
The wealth of rap talent bubbling up in Morocco is far from a secret. The North African country has been churning out some of the finest in Arab-speaking rap for quite some time now, but the West is ...
(New York Jewish Week) — Though she grew up in Israel, Tamar Bloch’s childhood was a mishmash of cultures. With a Moroccan mother and Brazilian father, Bloch often heard Portuguese and Arabic ...
“Bon shit, Karan w barida, Guala, big thune Darija Darija”: the refrain of the song ‘Salina (It’s the street)’ oscillates between Latin American slang, French, English and Darija, the Moroccan dialect ...
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Moroccan Music Legend Abdehadi Belkhayat Passes Away
Rabat - The great artist Abdelhadi Belkhayat, an iconic figure of Moroccan song, passed away on Friday at the Military Hospital in Rabat at the age of 86, following a long illness. With his passing, ...
For centuries after the expulsion from Spain, Morocco’s Sephardic Jewish women sang of love, loss and identity. Now, they’re almost all gone. By Aida Alami TANGIER, Morocco — They sang to put their ...
One of our favorite rising pop stars, Faouzia, has a much more jaded anthem to contribute. Last night she dropped “RIP Love,” a Moroccan-inflected bop that brings some of Faouzia’s own Arabic cultural ...
Marhba Bik (Welcome) is the official song of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025™, created through a collaboration between Rym and Inez Atili. Rym is a leading voice amongst an exciting new ...
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