The festival is known for creating unexpected collaborations between artists from different musical backgrounds, and this ...

Essaouira – After 24 years, US multi-instrumentalist Sulaiman Hakim was back to perform at the Gnaoua festival in Essaouira, Morocco. "The first time that I performed in the Gnaoua festival was in ...

The 27th Gnaoua and World Music Festival concluded on Saturday after three days of concerts, artistic collaborations and ...

"When I first heard Gnaoua music I heard Jimmy Blanton in the sound of the hajhouj, I heard the blues... I heard the black church..." The words of jazz master Randy Weston ring true with each ...

27 June 2012 The 15th Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, which was held this year in the spirit of the "Arab Spring", reaffirmed the importance of sharing as a way of bringing nations together.

If, like me, you fancy an alternative (escape) to mediocre indie bands, electronica acts, or anything resembling a political and social justice movement, you could do a lot worse than head to Morocco ...