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Gnawa
- Genre family
- Middle Eastern / North African Popular Music
- 2000s recordings
- 7
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Meet Gnawa
Gnawa is a branch of the Middle Eastern / North African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Gnawa is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Hamid El Kasri and Karim Ziad.
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Parent genreMiddle Eastern / North African Popular Music
Current genreGnawa
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2000s · Middle East and North Africa · Gnawa
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
7 recordings2000s starting recordings
01Aît Oumrar2001 · Gnawa · jazz fusionOpen in new tab 02Sandiya2001 · Gnawa · gnawaOpen in new tab 03Allah Allah Ya El Bouhali2007 · GnawaOpen in new tab 04Moulay Ibrahim2007 · GnawaOpen in new tab 05Shamharouch2007 · GnawaOpen in new tab 06Yarababa2007 · GnawaOpen in new tab 07La Ilah Il Allah2007 · GnawaOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2000s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2000s albums
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