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Hamdawa
“Special Music Ganawa” indeed. Light some incense, put dark shades on the windows and dance all night to this solid entry in the pantheon of gnawa music from Morocco.
Side A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Side B
Track 4
“Special Music Ganawa” indeed. Light some incense, put dark shades on the windows and dance all night to this solid entry in the pantheon of gnawa music from Morocco.
Side A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Side B
Track 4
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Fantastic! Thank you very much.
Wonderful!
(^_^)
Does anyone have any idea what the track titles say?
Another gem. Many thanks.
Here’some transcription/translation/interpretation:
artist/album:
(Sidi Hammou)
Hamdawa with M’allem ‘Zouzou’
song titles listed:
Baba Hammou; Salaouat Nabina; La ilaha illa Llah; Sousiya; Lemouima; Sidi Mousa; Touba; Ma zal lila; Moulat leghram Fassiya; A Nabina Bu Fatma
how these titles relate to the 4 tracks shared here:
Track 1: Salaouat Nabina
Track 2: La ilaha illa Llah
Track 3: Baba Hammou
Track 4: Sousiya suite (featuring most of the remaining titles listed, beginning with Lemouima)
additional printed info:
‘this cassette was recorded at Studio Shams al Maghrib’
address listed is in the city of Meknes.
interpretation:
This sounds like a Fes wedding band doing Gnawa songs. I’m guessing Hamdawa is the name of the singer. The sleeve features images of Gnawa musicians, the largest being of a man seated holding the guinbri (or sintir or hajhouj) lute. However, that instrument is nowhere to be heard on this tape.
Have been enjoying the blog for some time. Thanks for sharing these!
Nice! thanks!
Track 4 is a spiraling delight. Thank God for it’s length; I never want it to end!
fantastic – thank you, my wife and i are dancing around the room to this right now.. brilliant..
i love this so much. your blog is amazing
wow! this is working SO good with this joyous new spring blossoming in central michigan. Thats what this music and this blog is all about – cross culture recognition and appreciation of the colors that exist in all of us.
Yes.
Funnily enough I came across the phrase “La ilaha illaLlah” (there is no god but God) being chanted with the same melody by the Moroccan Gnawa musician Hassan Ben Jaffar on the new Balkan Beat Box album on the song Buhala. Must be a traditional melody, it’s certainly a very beautiful one.
MUITO BOM ESTE SITE! PARABÉNS!
`great how some hitech spambot must just FEEL from this post you’re into cosplay!! I would have NEVER read into this! Great site and I’m still going strong on Ata Kak!!
He looks also a Spanish musician.
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More gnawa please!
thanks
for folks in nyc: there’s a gnawa group recently formed- saw them at colors last week and they’re ill. fb here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Said-Damir/203051609778718?sk=wall