Paul Bowles over a five-month period from July to December 1959. It is a snapshot, or perhaps a time capsule, of a culture then relatively pure and unmolested by the world outside. Paul Bowles lived ...

Ali Paris, voice and qanun, Faisal Zedan, percussion. Moroccan Gnawa, Egyptian Samai, Syrian Longas – musical forms rarely heard in the West, yet beloved by millions of people across Northern Africa ...

Couscous Express owner Abdul Chaara closes his restaurant early by most restaurant standards. At 6 p.m. every Monday through Saturday, Chaara’s supposed to make the day’s last round of date shakes, ...

Composer and author Paul Bowles first went to Morocco in 1931. He fell in love with the country, returning often and eventually moving to Tangier, where he lived from 1947 until his death in 1999.

The PCC Rock Creek Music Department presents one of Portland's most exciting bands, Seffarine, a duo with Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and oud player and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulscamp. Seffarine ...

What happens when you combine Spanish, French, African and Arabic music? Bedouin shepherds frequenting the Algerian port of Oran first dived into this mixing bowl in the early twentieth century. What ...

Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

West African Sufi songs / Musa Dieng Kala (Senegal) -- Sufi music and songs of Morocco / Ibn 'Arabi Ensemble (Morocco) -- El Hachemi / Houria Aïchi (Algeria) -- Sacred music and songs of the Middle ...

For the new miniseries Great Performances: Now Hear This, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic Scott Yoo traveled across Europe and Morocco to chase the secret histories ...

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 ...