Moroccan Tape Stash: Rouicha – Rarad Amazan رَارَادْ أَمَزَانْ Here’s another Rouicha album that I don’t see on any of the streaming platforms. Rouicha’s albums are always sung either completely in Arabic (Moroccan darija) or completely in Tamazight (Middle Atlas dialect). Today’s offering is the first one I’ve shared where he sings in Tamazight. Although the grooves and rhythms are basically the same as on his Arabic songs, the melodies tend to be a little different – less wide ranging, remaining in a narrow ambitus. Interestingly on this tape there are 3 distinct vocal groups – Rouicha singing solo, a female respondent group, and a male respondent group.Enjoy! Rouicha نجم الموسم رويشة و مجموعتهTichkaphone cassette TCK788 تشكافونA1 Aghoudeh Labas أَغْدحْ لَابَاسْA2 Awaroutn Ayoulinou أَوَارُوتْنعْ ايْولِينوُِB1 Rarad Amazan رَا […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Rouicha – Rarad Amazan رَارَادْ أَمَزَانْ Here’s another Rouicha album that I don’t see on any of the streaming platforms. Rouicha’s albums are always sung either completely in Arabic (Moroccan darija) or completely in Tamazight (Middle Atlas dialect). Today’s offering is the first one I’ve shared where he sings in Tamazight. Although the grooves and rhythms are basically the same as on his Arabic songs, the melodies tend to be a little different – less wide ranging, remaining in a narrow ambitus. Interestingly on this tape there are 3 distinct vocal groups – Rouicha singing solo, a female respondent group, and a male respondent group.Enjoy! Rouicha نجم الموسم رويشة و مجموعتهTichkaphone cassette TCK788 تشكافونA1 Aghoudeh Labas أَغْدحْ لَابَاسْA2 Awaroutn Ayoulinou أَوَارُوتْنعْ ايْولِينوُِB1 Rarad Amazan رَا […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Mahmoud Gania This post is a sequel to one of the earliest posts on Moroccan Tape Stash […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Mahmoud Gania This post is a sequel to one of the earliest posts on Moroccan Tape Stash back […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Al Boudali Ahmed New Jeblia Selections is probably a better translation, but New Mountain […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Al Boudali Ahmed New Jeblia Selections is probably a better translation, but New Mountain […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Ahmed Ould Kaddour “El Âloua” is one of the most famous and moving pieces of the âita r […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Abdelkader Ariaf Here’s a nice album of Riffi pop tracks from singer/songwriter Abdelkader […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Abdelkader Ariaf Here’s a nice album of Riffi pop tracks from singer/songwriter Abdelkader […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Capstan Keep a-Spinning I’ll have some new old music to share in a few days. For the […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Capstan Keep a-Spinning I’ll have some new old music to share in a few days. For the moment, […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Najat Tazi  Here’s a swell rai album from singer Najat Tazi. This dates to 1992 or ’93. […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Najat Tazi  Here’s a swell rai album from singer Najat Tazi. This dates to 1992 or ’93. […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Aziza El Menkassia I had asked the tape seller if he had any Gnawa tapes. He pulled down […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Aziza El Menkassia I had asked the tape seller if he had any Gnawa tapes. He pulled down […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: Fatima Tamrrakchit This tape comes to us from… well, down the street in El Cerrito, […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: 2003 Pop Culture Snapshot in Dqiqi From – Dakka El Marrakechia Nou Nou I’ve extolled the […]

Moroccan Tape Stash: 2003 Pop Culture Snapshot in Dqiqi From – Dakka El Marrakechia Nou Nou I’ve extolled the […]

People Doing Whatever and Calling It Gnawa, Part One When “Gnawa” is on the package, you never know what you’ll […]

People Doing Whatever and Calling It Gnawa, Part One When “Gnawa” is on the package, you never know what you’ll […]