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20 Jun 2013
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Gnaoua, trance, and fusion
- The City of Trade Winds has been hosting, since last night and until 23 June, the sixteenth edition of the Gnaoua and World Music Festival.
- The Mecca of Gnaoua music promises this year again to be the unmissable address for all musical fusions.
- The Mecca of Gnaoua music promises this year again to be the unmissable address for all musical fusions.
Tonight in Essaouira, eyes are fixed on the six venues of the event: Moulay Hassan Square, Meditel stage, Dar Souiri, Zaouia Sidna Bilal, Borj de Bab Marrakech, Bab El Marsa, and Oulad Mogador Bab Doukkala stage. Yesterday at 8 pm, the kick-off of the event was given on Moulay Hassan Square with an original musical residency which, far from boiling down to a simple juxtaposition of styles, gave a foretaste of the promises of this edition. It is a true invitation to discovery, sharing, and encounter between very distinct musical universes. The 12 percussionists of the Emirati troupe Anahdi Al Bahri, served by the mâalem Mohamed Kouyou, harmoniously married the rhythms of the percussion of the Houwara troupe of Taroudant. Orchestrated by Karim Ziad, the seasoned drummer and artistic director of the festival, this beautiful tableau gives the public a desire for escapades, but also reminds…
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