Moroccan Tape Stash

Another Rouicha banger for your digital cassette rack. I obtained this tape recently. One of my favorite Rouicha tapes is TCK819 (now reupp...

No words needed. Just Rouicha on the  lotar  and one or two  bendir  players. Thirty-six minutes of jammy Zayane goodness! Rouic...

There are so many recordings by the late Mohamed Rouicha (1950-2012) - they all sound pretty similar, and they're all pretty great - wel...

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

Here's another Rouicha album that I don't see on any of the streaming platforms.  Rouicha's albums are always sung either comple...

Here's a great album by lotar -master Mohamed Rouicha. It's been a while since I posted anything by Rouicha, though we've recent...

Well here's something old yet different - it's a tape of songs by lotar -master Rouicha , performed by a 1980s chaâbi orchestre - v...

Continuing with another Tamazight tape this week, this one by the powerhouse singer Hassania. Born in Errachidia, she grew up in Azrou, wher...

For those of you following the US elections: Haven't you had enough already? Haven't you already decided who you're voting f...

Here's a live album from Najat Aâtabou released around 1985, not long after she first burst onto the Moroccan music scene. She's...

Here's a nice album from the late, sorely-missed Rouicha. I picked this up in 2012 - The Tichkaphone catalog number seems to indicat...

Very sad to report the passing of the great Mohammed Rouicha . Thanks for the great tunes and your warm spirit. This is my other favorite ...

Haven't had to time to get any more Rouicha together for ya. In the meantime, though, I did stumble across this post from a couple years...

Glad y'all enjoyed the Rouicha cassette . I had some requests for more from this genre. I've got some more good Rouicha, but though...

This is my fave, most jamming Rouicha tape. The Middle Atlas izlan genre is the bluesiest of Berber genres to my ear, and Rouicha ma...