Tag: Gnaoua
Khalid Sansi & El Comité: when Cuban jazzmen play gnaoua
This summer, every Saturday, RFI offers you a series of sound photographs with musicians. This week, head to Morocco where the Cuban jazzmen of the group El Comité played with…
Abdeslam Alikane, the revival of the Gnaoua tradition
Throughout the year, our reporters come across artists from the continent and elsewhere. In their homes, backstage at concerts, in hotels or in the street, unique encounters take place where…
Morocco: great success for the Gnaoua festival which is ending
The city of Essaouria vibrated all weekend from June 22 to 24, 2023. The Gnaoua festival, which returned to its original format after a long break as a result of…
Gnaoua Festival: white night in Essaouira
Direction Essaouira in Morocco where the 24th edition of the mythical Gnaoua Festival is held, which combines the purest tradition of the brotherhood and world music. The Cuban Eliades Ochoa,…
Neila Tazi, founder of the Gnaoua Festival in Essaouira: “A popular, free and open festival”
In Morocco, the Gnaoua Festival of Essaouira begins this Thursday evening June 22 with the traditional parade at the end of the day. Nearly 40 concerts are then planned until…
Special Gnaoua Festival and World Music
On the occasion of the 23rd edition of the Gnaoua and World Music Festival, the Urban Legends team relocated to Marrakech to interview Maalem Abdeslam Alikane (Gnaoua Master and artistic…
#Live session with Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul, Gnaoua music from Morocco
While the Gnaoua Festival and World Music criss-cross Morocco in June, we receive Maâlem Moktar Gania in Paris for the release of the album Gnawa Soul. At the recording studio…