This morning's #workout #music is from the great Maalem Mahmoud Guinia in a high fidelity performance. I first got into gnawa back in the early 90s and it is hard to name a better practitioner than Guinia. His album with Pharoah Sanders is, of course, a classic of #jazzFusion and #CrossCulturalCollaboration. His album Colours of the Night (release by @hivemindmarc in 2017) is probably my favorite. Calm joy through sound.

https://youtu.be/6blGJldtGWw
#Gnawa #Marrakech #KettleBells #RotationTraining

https://zehra.bandcamp.com/album/the-trance-of-seven-colors

https://maalemmahmoudgania.bandcamp.com/album/colours-of-the-night

Abdel Benaddi — A Dream In Essaouira (2024)
https://abdelbenaddi.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-in-essaouira

"On 'A Dream In Essaouira' Abdel presents a pure and authentic recording of Gnawa - which stands out against the more prevalent fusion-orientated acts in Europe. Growing up in the spiritual heartland of Gnawa music, Abdel Benaddi has been immersed in the rituals and ceremonies from a young age."

#Morocco #Gnawa

Gnawa Soul

https://amf.didiermary.fr/moktar-gania-gnawa-soul/

Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul in “Rabi Laafou”, a song to celebrate the city of Essaouira (Morocco), from the fortress of the Gnawas where they have their one and only sacred place left in Morocco, The Zaouia Sidna Bilal. This traditional ballad is a tribute to the past Gnawa Maalem (Masters). […]

#Gnawa #Guembri #LiveMusic #Morocco

Mehdi Qamoum – Ana W Ana (Live)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum-ana-w-ana/

Mehdi Qamoum is a versatile composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Agadir. A traditional gnawa musician, Mehdi has mastered numerous folk instruments including guembri, outar, karbaou, bendir and a custom guembri four-string electric bass which he built himself. [...]

#altRock #Gnawa #Guembri #LiveMusic #Morocco

Idriss El Mehdi – No Problem

https://amf.didiermary.fr/idriss-el-mehdi-no-problem/

From album “Wild Bird” by Idriss El Mehdi in 2013. The incomparable groove of Keziah Jones, the warm voice and mythic slides of Ben Harper and the profound mystique of maalem gnaoui Mahmoud Guinea in a single project : afro-gnawa soul has finally revived and fused with original blues, replacing the double bass and electric […]

#altRock #Blues #Gnawa #Guembri #Morocco

#Gnawa #Guembri
#AsmaaHamzaoui
#BnatTimbouktou

✨ L'bnat, un album hommage à des femmes mystiques ou historiques par un ensemble de musiciennes gnaouies ✨

A voir sur scène, aux Mains D'oeuvres à Saint-Ouen le 9 avril prochain !

Lalla Haoua - c'est à dire Awa/Ève (as) - (sur L'bnat, 2024, 🇲🇦) : https://asmaahamzaouibnattimbouktou.bandcamp.com/track/lalla-haoua