RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Morocco's Gnawa, heirs to a musical and spiritual tradition brought north across the Sahara centuries ago by black slaves, are enjoying new fame as their hypnotic rhythms ...

Morocco’s Fes Festival of World Sacred Music will return from June 4 to 7 with a shortened four-day program focused on artisans and traditional craftsmanship, as organisers reposition the event around ...

The 20th edition of the Arabesques Festival in Montpellier, set for September 9-21, will spotlight Morocco through a rich program of music, theater, cinema, and more. Announced on Tuesday at a press ...

Atlas Studios, located in Ouarzazate, Morocco, has served as a shooting location for Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Martin Scorsese’s Kundun. But at about 3 AM on a Sunday in October, it was home to ...

It opens with the group call-and-response of “Soudani Manayou”, a tribute to the Sahel ancestors who brought this music to Morocco, and featuring Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, while the drums, qraqebs ...

Lamiae Naki (left) and Nat Hulskamp, shown here in a provided photo, founded the Portland-based ensemble Seffarine. The band's show at the Alberta Rose Theatre on Nov. 5 will benefit earthquake relief ...

CDR copy- FW-ASCH-5RR-5538 is music from Morocco, recorded by Christopher Wanklyn, who produced FW04339, Music of Morocco. Tape box says "CBC 4." Repository Loc. Smithsonian Institution, Center for ...