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Marrakech Expressions

This Moroccan trio play the hypnotic music of the Gnawa brotherhood: a mixture of karkaba (metal castanets), sentir (a three-stringed bass oud), djembe and sabar drums, and wailing call-and-response vocals in Arabic. While the message is sometimes contemporary (equal rights and environmentalism, for example) the music is visceral, stark and timeless.

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