In Essaouira, the Gnaoua and World Music Festival opened with its signature festive parade through the medina, celebrating the city’s rich Gnaoua heritage. Recognized by UNESCO in 2019, Gnaoua is both ...

On Saturday a rebirth was being prepared at Essaouira Festival. The most awaited artist of the festival, bassist/composer Marcus Miller was going to play with accomplished gnaoua vocalist and guembri ...

Essaouira: The jewel of north Africa is home to a festival that showcases Gnawa, an ancient music form finding a place in modern Morocco. The power of Gnawa: Essaouira I’m standing in the middle of a ...

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 ...

But for the 21st edition of the Gnawa Festival in Essaouria the Alizee drew breath and slept, if fitfully, through four days and nights of intense trance music featuring the ghimbri bass lute and ...

Come the end of June in Essaouira on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, up to half a million festival-goers team the narrow, traffic-free streets of the medina, its two huge open squares, and numerous ...

It’s hard to convey the ambience of Morocco’s traditional gateway to South America without resorting to cliches. Clinging to the rocks, Atlantic swell crashes beneath historic coastal walls, ensuring ...