Gnaoui heritage in a box set

Authenticity, integrity of the lila (ritual night), and consideration of certain significant variations. These are the criteria that prevailed in the creation of "The Anthology of Gnaoua Music," which will be presented on the sidelines of the 17th Gnaoua and World Music Festival scheduled from 12 to 15 June in Essaouira. This collection is the result of extensive work carried out by the Yerma Gnaoua Association with the aim of preserving a particularly rich heritage and highlighting the rhythmic, melodic, lyrical, and stylistic richness of an ancestral art that is the pride and renown of Moroccan culture. This anthology "also aims to instil a dynamic of creativity, by allowing musician-composers and researchers to have access to an important resource base for all Moroccan music," rejoices the association, created in 2009 with the goal of safeguarding and promoting the intangible heritag…