Gnawa music is often likened to American blues and gospel. Gnawa music is a mixture of African rhythms and Islamic poetry created by enslaved West Africans brought to Morocco. For centuries, it was ...

In the Moroccan souks of Fez and Marrakesh, Gnawa musicians gather in the middle of the night and play sintirs (long-necked lutes), garagab (metal castanets) and other instruments that create ...

Brooklyn-based sextet Innov Gnawa envelops audiences in the hypnotic beauty of Moroccan Gnawa (GUH-nah-wah) music. The word Gnawa signifies not only a style of music, but also the people who created ...

Gnawa music is a Moroccan spiritual musical tradition developed by descendants of enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa. Combining ritual poetry with traditional music and dance, the Gnawa master is ...

LONDON - Sitting on cushions placed across the floor, the audience awaits Simo Lagnawi and his band, Gnawa London, who are dressed in colourful traditional Moroccan robes and patterned hats. The ...

I had the pleasure of hosting an in-studio visit by members of the group Innov Gnawa earlier this week at KCRW, and I was entranced by the powerful rhythms and chants. Gnawa is Moroccan trance music, ...

Simply put, Gnawa is the music of formerly enslaved black Africans who integrated into the Moroccan cultural and social landscape, and founded a model to preserve the traditions and folkloric music of ...

Bonobo is on tour now in support of this year’s Migration. Having just played Coachella (twice), he has a sold-out two-night stand at NYC’s Terminal 5 tonight (4/27) and Friday (4/28). Opening both ...