In Essaouira, the Gnaoua and World Music Festival opened with its signature festive parade through the medina, celebrating the city’s rich Gnaoua heritage. Recognized by UNESCO in 2019, Gnaoua is both ...

Essaouira – After 24 years, US multi-instrumentalist Sulaiman Hakim was back to perform at the Gnaoua festival in Essaouira, Morocco. "The first time that I performed in the Gnaoua festival was in ...

On a wintery night in The Hague, the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition of the Gnaoua Festival commences at the Paard venue, located slap-bang in the city centre. Performing this evening is Maalema ...

Essaouira – After a long break due to the Covid pandemic, the Gnaoua festival returns in its usual format to the port city of Essaouira, in western Morocco. RFI met festival producer Neila Tazi. The ...

The Gnaoua Festival Tour 2017 stopped in D.C. on the night of Mar. 18 for a much-awaited performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Before the show, Hicham El Kebbaj, the artistic ...

27 June 2012 The 15th Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, which was held this year in the spirit of the "Arab Spring", reaffirmed the importance of sharing as a way of bringing nations together.

"When I first heard Gnaoua music I heard Jimmy Blanton in the sound of the hajhouj, I heard the blues... I heard the black church..." The words of jazz master Randy Weston ring true with each ...

Young Moroccan women are bringing new and inclusive energy to the centuries-old art of Gnaoua, a spiritual musical repertoire traditionally reserved for men. Also known as "tagnaouite", it gained ...

If, like me, you fancy an alternative (escape) to mediocre indie bands, electronica acts, or anything resembling a political and social justice movement, you could do a lot worse than head to Morocco ...

The internationally renowned festival in Morocco fused together a range of genres including Gnaoua music - an ancient African Islamic repertoire of songs and rhythms. Morocco's 22nd edition of the ...