In June 2014, Francis Dordor (inrockuptibles) wrote during the festival of Essaouira Gnaoua :
» Listen yesterday Maâlem Soudani made unnecessary any recourse to an ethnomusicologist lights : almost all of the rhythms found in blues, rhythm and blues and rock belonged to the Gnawa musical grammar for centuries before of the New World slave son will constitute a full directory on the banks of the Mississippi. «
Thank you to the festival’s team « Suds à Arles « , who allowed us to realize this project, namely the meeting between Azouz Soudani and Adrian Burns, between Gnawa and Afro-american traditions, at the concert on July 17 2015 in Arles.
view / listen to video and audio recordings , acoustic and Live.
GNAWA TRIBE PRODUCTION
was in Rabat at
VISA FOR MUSIC
with few words from Dajahdee speaking on le Mouv’ s mic’. background by Sefarat’ al Khafaâ …
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SEFARAT’ AL KHAFAÂ and MAÂLEM AZOUZ SOUDANI
were at UNESCO in Paris on september 10th 2014
for the 20th anniversary of
« Slave Route Project ».
more informations and complete programme :
SEFARAT’ AL KHAFAÂ
New recording « Jouj » now available on MIRAJ
Back from the 17th Essaouira Gnaoua Festival
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Gnawa Tribe was at the 17th ESSAOUIRA’s Gnaoua and World Musics Festival, with Maâlem Azouz SOUDANI and SEFARAT’ AL KHAFAÂ performing outstandingly in Dar Souiri and on Moulay Hassan Stage.
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photo © Renaud Monfourny
Press links (French)
Les Inrockuptibles
We were there : the days and the nights of Essaouira Gnaoua Festival :
« The ambassadors of the invisible »
Les Inrockuptibles
We were there : the days and the nights of Essaouira Gnaoua Festival :
« Soudani is a Lord »
Onorient
On the terraces of Mogador, the Gnawa music comes to infinity
Jeune Afrique
Essaouira Gnaoua Festival : give way to fusion !
challenge.ma
gnawamusic.com
Essaouira Festival 2014 – Report and highlights
Liberté Algérie
Le Matin.ma
Flashinfo Maroc
First guembri notes for the seventeenth gnawi trance
RFI
Azouz Soudani and Sefarat’ al Khafaa on RFI
