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Fes Festival Sufi Nights - Night One Review
As the Fes festival has developed over its 22 years, with more famous artists who push the limit of what we understand as sacred music, the Sufi nights at Dar Tazi have remained a beloved constant....
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Fes Festival - Day Three Review
Fez says "Salem Alaikum" to Christine Salem from La Réunion - Review by Hedd Thomas. Photographs by Faith Barker In stark contrast to yesterday, the afternoon concert at Jardin Jnan Sbil was sparsely...
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Photographer Catherine Bendayan Press Conference
Renowned photographer, Catherine Bendayan, will be holding a press conference on May 10th at 11 am at Karawan RiadClick image to enlargeCatherine's latest work includes FEMMES DU MONDE elles...
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The Alchemist's Wardrobe in Concert at the ALIF Riad
The Alchemist's Wardrobe is a folk-world fusion duo comprising Lara Conley, an English nu-folk artist playing original songs accompanied by multi-instrumentalist, Niks PatelIntricate vocal melodies,...
View ArticleFes Festival Venue Changes - Monday May 9
Two performances are changedOfficina Zoe scheduled for 16:30 Jnan Sbil will be held at The Prefecture Hall (opposite the Batha Museum) at the same time.The King of Ghosts (May 9) was 22:30 at Complexe...
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Fes Festival Day 4 - Review
The unpredictable weather in Fez played its role again at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, with two last minute venue changes and some slight confusion and delays - however, the festival...
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Fes Festival Sufi Night #3
Ahl Touat were brash, upbeat, and a lot more fun than Saturday’s Shadhiliya performance. Where the Shadhiliya were sedate, showing off their impressive vocal range and Andalusi-influenced music, the...
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Fes Festival Day 5 - Review
Tuesday in Fez was, unfortunately, more of the same - rain, postponements, venue changes and cancellations. Yet, despite the inclement weather the majority of festival goers remained upbeat. It was a...
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Fes Festival Day 6 - Review
The Joy of OYDay six at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music was a mixture of music, sunshine and showers. The temperatures remained down and festival goers rugged-up. The offerings today included...
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Fes Festival Sufi Night #5 - Mashishiyya Tariqa - Review
The drizzle last night let off enough to allow the Al Houda ensemble, from the Mashishiyya tariqa (brotherhood) in Tangier, to take to the stage. The audience was very sparse at first, probably because...
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Devon Glover, “The Sonnet Man,” in Concert!
The Sonnet Man sets Shakespeare’s love sonnets to Hip Hop and features brilliant rap artist Devon Glover. Conceived and produced by Broadway Playwright Arje Shaw, The Sonnet Man brings Shakespeare to...
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Fes Festival Day 7 - Review
Thursday at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music was a much more relaxed day and, happily, with the sunshine saw a return of concerts to the beautiful Jnan Sbil gardens. One rain shower at the end of...
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Fez Festival Sufi Night #6 - Bouchichiya - Review
Thursday night’s Sufi Nights performance was given by the national firqa (musical group) of the Boutchichiyya tariqa, a brotherhood which has been at the forefront of the revival of Sufism in Morocco....
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Fez Festival Day #8 - Review
Saturday at the Fes Festival was all about great voices - Brazil's Virginia Rodrigues in the gardens, the tribute to Oum Kelthoum at Bab al Makina and Reda Taliyani drawing a huge crowd to the Boujloud...
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Fes Festival Sufi Night #7 - Darqouia Tariqa - Review
Last night’s performance at Dar Tazi was a melhoun-infused evening of music from the Darqaouia tariqa from Casablanca, led by the elderly and extremely knowledgeable Abdelmjid Sweri - Review by Faith...
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Fes Festival Day #9 - Review
The final day of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music was a mixture of totally different styles of music. Contemporary Music from Yom, Arab pop from Samira Saïd and a wildly exuberant Sufi...
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Fes Festival Sufi Night #8 - Fez Hamadcha - Review
Dar Tazi was packed well before 11 for the final night, the Hamadcha from Fez. Every year mqaddem Abderrahim Amrani’s group draws crowds of medina-dwellers who know he will provide an evening which...
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Fes Festival 2016 - The Wrap
The 22nd edition of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is over and as is our tradition at The View From Fez, our team takes a look back and reflects on the festivalFestival Artistic Director Alain...
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The View From Fez’s Guide to Concert Photography
Over many years of covering festivals one of the most often heard complaints concerns photographers and TV camera crews blocking the audience view, wandering onstage during a performance or using a...
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Bloomberg - Moroccan Photos
The View From Fez was pleased to see one of our photographs used in a series featuring Fez and beyondClick on image to enlargeIn October the quiet market town of Tissa—a 30-mile, one-hour day trip from...
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