Majid Bekkas - African Gnaoua Blues 2006

Abdelmajid Bekkas was born and still lives in Sale, Morocco. He learnt ‘gnawa’ music through the teachings of the master Ba Houmane. Gnawa's intact purity is the essence of authenticity.
This secular music, whose roots go back to the 16th century, is one of the origins of blues music, and is still considered the ‘healer of souls’, in Morocco - easily understandable when you listen to the spellbinding sound of Bekkas' voice, guembri, oud and guitar. This entrancing album was recorded in May 2002, with Bekkas accompanied by Rachid Zeroual on flute and cavala, and Khalid Kouhen, percussions - with guest guitarists : Marc Lelangue and Paolo Radoni.

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