Bnet Marrakech
Cham'a
No longer available as a single CD.
Buy a box set with Cham'a and Ensemble Naguila' Hallel at a very nice price.
Their press kit says:
"These five mamas from Marrakesh have given themselves the simplest name possible -- they are the Bnet (girls of) Marrakech. In fact they've taken this word out of the sung dialect of their region, the Houara plain surrounding the Morrocan city. With a violin, percussion instruments and 'crotles' (enormous metal castanets specific to Gnawa music), Bnet Marrakech create furious, pulsating rhythm as backing to their songs taken from a large variety of styles from all over Morocco. Raucous, bittersweet, fiery voices, carried to burning point by the percussive rhythms; they sing of love and revolt, songs normally reserved for the women's gatherings at wedding feasts. On the program too are Gnawa songs, Chaabi and stirring instrumental improvisations."
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