Bekkas is a leading Gnawa musician who sings and plays the oud, as well as acoustic guitar and guembri, the three-stringed bass-like instrument that provides the trance-inducing pulse of Gnawa music.

The ninth edition of the «Jazz under the Argan Tree» festival is set to light up Essaouira from December 27 to 29, 2025, under the auspices of the Essaouira-Mogador Association. «The latest gem in ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Season two of the critically acclaimed Caravanserai: A place where cultures meet has begun in Grand Rapids, Minnesota with Morocco's Majid Bekkas Gnawa ...

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For decades, musicians from the Arab world have been exploring genres far removed from their own heritage. World Tracks this week talks to four such artists who challenge the idea that their ...

BENTONVILLE — Bentonville High School students flocked to the front of a makeshift stage during a Moroccan music performance Tuesday. The Majid Bekkas Gnawa Ensemble performed with Brahim Fribgane as ...

This week's Rhythm Planet music mix reprises an hour's worth of mostly recent releases that I’m enjoying. In the first set we begin with gnawa music (Moroccan trance music) from oud and guembri player ...

Caravanserai is reaching across cultural divisions to deepen understanding and heighten respect between people -- Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI CNBC, by Arts Midwest and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. German pianist Joachim Kühn’s current trio is a powerful mix of post-modal jazz and the sultry tones of Moroccan ...

At a time of daunting provincialism and tribal regression, jazz remains one of the few welcoming oases for the globally minded. If you're one of then, enjoy this track, feauturing a Moroccan oud and ...