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Focus on Music, Not Shopping at Annual Essaouira Gnaoua Festival
Rabat – Every summer thousands of visitors descend on the coastal town of Essaouira for the Gnaoua Music Festival. Unfortunately, the crowds don’t necessarily mean business for local merchants. In the...
View ArticleMawazine: Youssoupha Brings Franco-Congolese Rhythms to Rabat
Rabat – Born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and raised, for much of his life, in France, Youssoupha has developed his own unique style of French rap during his career as a...
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Interview: Controversial Musicians Mashrou Leila Talk Gender Conformity
Rabat – What began as a one-night call to action to musicians on the campus of The American University of Beirut over a decade ago, morphed into the internationally popular quintet Mashrou Leila....
View ArticleMawazine: American Rapper Future Takes Fans Down Memory Lane
Rabat – Rabat’s Mawazine festival started off with a bang this year. When hip-hop megastars from all around the world come under one roof, you are guaranteed to see some great performances and Future,...
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Franz Ferdinand Rocks 2019 ‘Jazzablanca’ Festival
Rabat – The Scottish rock group brought the Casablanca Hippodrome to its feet on the first night of the Jazzablanca Festival, lasting from July 2 -12. The band started the set – their first on the...
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‘We love Morocco’: British Electro Group Metronomy Lights Up Jazzablanca
Rabat – “Do you prefer if I speak in English or bad French?” Metronomy front man Joseph Mount asked the Jazzablanca crowd on the fourth night of Jazzablanca, July 2-7. “Not French!” the assembled...
View ArticleFez Hosts Annual International Festival of Amazigh Culture July 12 to 14
Rabat – The International Festival of Amazigh Culture, which takes place in Fez from July 12 to 14, will celebrate the contributions of Amazigh Culture to the fabric of Moroccan society. The theme for...
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Al Araby’s Palace of Cassettes: A Love Letter to the Golden Age of Moroccan...
Rabat – A time capsule sits hidden deep in the labyrinth of Fez’s thousand-year-old medina. Inside, one won’t find a trove of sepia-toned photos or a dispatch to one’s future self, but a love letter...
View ArticleMajid Bekkas: Maintaining the Spirituality in Morocco’s Gnaoua Music
Rabat – We would not automatically think of banjo tunes segueing into traditional Moroccan Gnaoua music, fused with blues and jazz. But this trajectory made all the sense in the world for Majid Bekkas,...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Sends Condolences to Family of Moroccan Artist Mohamed Louz
Rabat – King Mohammed VI sent his condolences on Friday, October 25, to the family of Moroccan artist Mohamed Louz. Louz died on Wednesday after battling pancreatic cancer. Louz began his music...
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In Photos: Mystical Music at the 12th Fez Festival of Sufi Culture
Rabat – Every day of the 12th Fez Festival of Sufi Culture, attendees enjoyed performances by various Sufi music groups and solo artists. The festival, directed by Moroccan anthropologist Faouzi Skali,...
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This Weekend in Sale: 2nd Annual Pan-African Reggae Festival
Rabat – The second annual Pan-African Reggae Festival will take place from November 1 to 3 in Sale, Rabat’s sister city across the Bou Regreg river. The traveling music festival first arrived in...
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Celebrate Saharan Culture at the Taragalte Festival, Zagora
Rabat – The 2019 Taragalte Festival: “Wisdom of the Sands” will begin today, November 1 in the Mhamid El Ghizlane oasis and will continue until Sunday, November 3. The 10th installment of the festival...
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US Rapper Lil Wayne is ‘Never Going to Riyadh Again’
Caley Koch Rabat – Lil Wayne performed at the sold-out Diriyah Music Festival on Saturday, November 30, alongside Tyga and Future as part of Saudia Arabia’s Ad Diriyah season in the capital Riyadh....
View ArticleFez Festival Uproots Tradition and Preserves Aissaoui Art
Rabat – Stepping off the train in Fez, I asked the locals if they were looking forward to the first annual National Festival of Heritage and Aissaoui Art. However, I did not receive the enthusiastic...
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Maitre Gims Gears Up to Transform Jemaa El Fna into a Dance Floor
Rabat – French-Congolese superstar Maitre Gims is set to bring a free concert to Marrakech’s iconic Jemaa El Fna on Sunday, December 29. This year’s “Stars in the Place” concert will be the third of...
View ArticleMorocco’s 15th Jazzablanca Music Festival Calls for Local Talent
Rabat – The organizers of Morocco’s 15th Jazzablanca are calling for Moroccan artists or artists residing in Morocco to audition for the upcoming annual music festival, set to take place in Casablanca...
View ArticleLatin Grammy Award Winner Tony Succar Explains the Role of Music in Cultural...
Music is in Tony Succar’s DNA. The 33-year-old percussionist, composer, and producer is perhaps best known for his “Unity” project, a Latin tribute to Michael Jackson. The collaborative project...
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Tarwa N-Tiniri: A Youth Music Band That Represents Morocco Internationally
Marrakech – The story of Tarwa N-Tiniri, a youth band from the remote areas of Ouarzazate, is one of struggle, hardship, and great success. The band’s journey began in 2012 with six young friends,...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Moroccan Musicians Stream Free Live Concerts
Rabat – Moroccan musicians have decided to stream free live music concerts to entertain people staying home as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic escalates in Morocco. The Tenor Foundation for...
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