Moroccan Tape Stash

This Moroccan rai tape is blowing up in my house right now. Specifically the leadoff track "Milano Machi Bladi (Milan is not my homelan...

Here's a nice album of Riffi pop tracks from singer/songwriter Abdelkader Ariaf. I picked this up in Tangier in 2001.  Ariaf was born in...

Here's a very nice album by Jadwane (usually spelled Jedwane, usually billed as Orchestre Jedwane). El Mokhtar Jedwane is a chaâbi sing...

In 1959, noted American author and composer Paul Bowles made several trips around Morocco recording as many strains of Moroccan traditional...

Our final Riffi tape post is an album by Mimoun Ousaid, who is based in Nador. He has been composing, performing, and recording since ...

Here's some more Riffi song. I originally thought this tape, from Y2K, was an anonymous Riffi album - the title "Najmat Errif...

Happy 2014 y'all! The computer has been repaired, so I'm happy to get back to the blog! I have never visited the Rif region of...