Moroccan Tape Stash

More of that good âita zaêriya from Shikh el Moutchou. Check here for an earlier post with some info about him (courtesy of Hammer...

I noticed recently that an old post of mine on Shikh El Houcine el Khouribgui was getting a lot of hits recently. I also noticed that M...

Ramadan Mubarak, and prayers for the bereaved in Iraq, Syria, Palestine/Israel, the relatives of those lost over the skies of Ukraine, a...

You want this tape! Long, sweaty tracks of âita zaêriya , just right for that we-can-do-this-all-night-long summer wedding vibe. The sou...

I've referred to Âita with frequency in my posts, and with good reason. It's among the most important genres of Arab music in M...

If I was lukewarm about the viola in my last post , I'm happy to post here some fabulous, scratchy viola from Shikh El Houcin...

This CD sort of does double duty - you've got some lady-driven call-response singalong tunes (which would probably sound just fine...