Moroccan Tape Stash

Here's a tape by a young Jamal Eddine Said Elhouate, known commonly these days as Said Ould El Houate. The singer and viola player was ...

Some good websites exist for streaming Moroccan music. For Berber music, there's a great selection at https://www.izlanzik.org/ . Fo...

Here's a fantastic Stati tape that Lalla Hafida brought me in 2016. Down deep in the âita groove, this is some great stuff. I wish ...

The Arab Tunes blog recently shared some excellent 45s by the great shikha Fatima Zehafa. I have one 45 of hers too, and I'm pret...

Well whaddya know? The Stash yields another Tagada tape! This dates from around 1992, when Mohamed Louz was still a member of the group....

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...

Here's an odd tape I picked up in Beni Mellal in 1992. It's a ghaita ensemble, but one that seems unusual to me for a number of...

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

Some more great Âita  Zaêriya for ya, straight outta Khouribga, served up by Production Hicham Atlas . Couldn't find any info on Sh...

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...

Moroccan chaabi music sounds great with a drum kit. Hi-hat gives you the bright jingle of a tar tambourine, a nice loose snare drum giv...

The shikhat . Morocco's singing and dancing bards (bard-esses?). Recognized as carriers of a deep folk poetic-musical tradition, but al...

A scratchy viola, a few buzzy hand drums, and some lady vocalists (or men emulating them) who milk 3 or 4 piercing pitches all night lon...

First off, this is NOT the cassette sleeve that originally went with this tape. It is the same artist, though, and the cassette that went w...