The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a festival for mainly Gnawa music artists, held annually in Essaouira, Morocco. It was founded in 1998 by Moroccan...

Gnawa music (Ar. ڭْناوة or كْناوة) is a body of Moroccan religious songs and rhythms. Emerging in the 16th and 17th centuries, Gnawa music developed through...

Casablanca, Fez and Essaouira, which is in the southwest of Morocco where the Gnaoua World Music Festival is held annually. The Gnawa of Marrakesh hold...

(Berber), raï, and Gnawa music. The West African music community is also very large, integrated by people from Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. Unlike...

styles such as gnawa, as well as styles from abroad such as reggae. Bab L' Bluz combine Gnawa music with various influences such as blues and psychedelia...

musicians and Moroccan artists (Gnawa Malems) with electronic music culture. Each year, the festival represents traditional Moroccan and electronic music for...

Sfinks festival is a Belgian festival for world music at Boechout, Belgium. The festival is held during the last weekend in July. The festival was originally...

who specializes in the Gnawa style. Hakmoun was born to a family of musicians who introduced him to the musical world of the Gnawa. By age four, he performed...

features vocals from fellow Gnawa artist Mehdi Nassouli. As a teenager, Mansour attended the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira every year with...

was the second son of the master of Gnawa music, Maâllem Boubker Gania (1927–2000) and the famous clairvoyant and "moqaddema" A'isha Qabral. His brother...

October 2014). "Classical music breaks out and joins the youth underground". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2014. "In Stereo: Gnawa Special". Boiler Room...

Bubu music Cape jazz Chaabi Chalga Chaoui music Chimurenga Congolese rumba Coupé-Décalé Fuji music Genge Gnawa Gqom Gumbe Highlife Hiplife Igbo highlife...

released Exile by Riverboat Records and World Music Network. Nuru Kane played with his band Bayefall Gnawa at the 2004 Festival in the Desert in Mali, at the...

"rhythms of the world") is a Moroccan International music festival held annually in Rabat, Morocco, featuring many international and local music artists. The...

Arabic music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized: al-mūsīqā l-ʿarabiyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres...

Gharnati music, Ma'luf, as well as classical Arabic, Bedouin, Berber music (Staifi, Raï, Kabyle, Shawi, Tuareg, Gnawa, etc.), Andalusian music is particularly...

like the modern banjo. Their music incorporates a trance aesthetic, reflecting the influence of local gnawa music, and is inspired by ancient North African...

music such as Raï and Chaabi originated in Berber countries. In addition, West African influences can be heard in the popular music of Gnawa. Music of...

Chimurenga Coladeira Congolese rumba Coupé-Décalé Ethio-jazz Fuji music Funaná Gnawa music Genge Gengeton Gqom Highlife Hipco Hiplife Igbo highlife Isicathamiya...

The Afrika Festival Hertme is an annual two day festival of African music in the Dutch village of Hertme. It started spontaneously in 1989, with a performance...

traditions and practices". Retrieved 2023-03-29. El Amraoui, Ahmed (2015-12-03). "Gnawa music: From slavery to prominence". Retrieved 2023-03-25. Gnawa bands...

Tangier Maâlem Abdelouahed Stitou and Maâlem Alouane initially in the special Chemeli or Northern style of Gnawa music, which is distinctly different from...

in Sicily and led by Palestinian Nabil Ben Salaméh. The Luigi Cinque Tarantula Hypertext Orchestra is another example, as is the TaraGnawa project by...

mixes Rock, Reggae and Gnawa with little pinches of hard rock.They refer to their music as "Hayha" which means chaos, randomness and just pure vibes. Their...

Conservatory for Music and Dance in Rabat. Later, he was initiated into the tradition of Gnawa music by maâlem (master musician) Ba Houmane, and the guembri...

absorb an assortment of musical styles such as flamenco from Spain, gnawa music, and French cabaret, allowing them to combine with the rhythms typical of...

were primarily influenced by Gnawa music, Jil Jilala took their inspiration from other forms of traditional Moroccan music like the Malhun, sung in an...

Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix, western Brittany, France. This festival is the largest music festival in France...

by traditional Berber music, Gnawa music, Chaabi, French popular music, jazz, house, funk, dance, and traditional African music. Specific personal influences...

Karim Ziad in a jazz festival, in Shenzhen, China. After the breakup of Gnawa Diffusion, he drew upon his years of musical experience and began a solo project...