Moroccan Tape Stash

Jil Jilala 1972  L-R Abderrahmane Kirouche "Paco", Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, Mohamed Derhem, Mahmoud Saadi, Sakina Safadi I've...

This post looks at the short but seminal period of Nass el Ghiwane 2.0, from the time Abderrahmane Paco replaces Moulay Abdelaziz Tahiri unt...

Well I just stumbled across a whole dramatic film starring Jil Jilala as a band called Jil Jilala! The film "Le Paradis des Pauvres جنة...

Here is an absolutely gorgeous album by Jil Jilala. As I understand it, this album dates from 1984 and is the last of the group's albums...

An article entitled  “Odes of Solidarity”: Moroccan Artists Amplify Palestine   was published in December 2024 in the recently resurrected j...

First off, let me say that in fact there is no good reason to think of Lemchaheb as the Jefferson Airplane of Moroccan folk revival gro...

One more Jil Jilala tape for ya - I dubbed this from someone else's copy years ago, and I don't recall seeing any cover art. (Th...

Early 1980's Jil Jilala personnel.  Clockwise from top left: Moulay Tahar Asbahani, Mohamed Derhem, Moulay Abdelaziz Tahiri, Hass...

  I've been revisiting the Jil Jilala albums featuring the Gnawi mâalem Mustapha Baqbou. It's an interesting group of recording....