Feature Article
The Passover Seder in the Moroccan Rite
In this article, we present the main songs and prayers of the Passover Seder evening, in the Moroccan rite…
Feature Article
Baqqachot
On Saturday mornings in winter, before sunrise, Jews from the Maghreb and the Middle East gather at the synagogue to sing baqqachot, a set of liturgical, sometimes mystical poems…
Radio programs
Listen:
- The French-Arabic song repertoire (1st part) (in French)
- La chanson The French-Arabic repertoire (2nd part) (in French)
- Hidden sides of Jewish music : Judeo-Arabic songs (in French)
CD
Jewish singers from Morocco
This CD features remasterized recordings from the most famous Jewish singers from Morocco, from 1934 to 1985, from Zohra al Fàsiyya to Esther Elfasi, Raymonde, Cheikh Mwijo, Jo Amar, Boutboul, Samy Elmaghribi, Pinhass Cohen…
CD
Salim Halali
Released by Buda Musique in 2012, this CD dedicated to Salim Halali, born in 1920 in Annaba (Ex-Bône) in Algeria, testifies of Judeo-North African songs from the 1940’s until 1965…
CD
Malouf songs from Constantine
Release in the record label MLP of a new anthology dedicated to the famous singer and player of oud Cheikh Raymond. A double CD to rediscover the master of Arab-Andalusian music…
Book
L’Algérie en musique
L’Harmattan has just published “Algeria in Music”. Made from record booklets, this book speaks of all styles of music in Algeria…
Book
The Lost Paradise
Book by Jonathan Glasser, published by the University of Chicago Press in February 2016, presenting ethnographic research on Arab-Andalusian music and its poetic practice in the cities of the Maghreb…
Video
The Dounia record company
We invite you to discover the label Dounia, founded by the Tunisian singer El Kahlaoui Tounsi…
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