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The Inouraz Ensemble - Review
The concert by the Inouraz Ensemble held at Dar Adiyel was well attended with a capacity crowd jammed into the confined space. They were treated to a solidly professional and enjoyable display of the...
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Brazilian Marliu Miranda - Review
Singer, composer and researcher, Marlui Miranda Marlui Miranda – The Soul of the Amazon Forests ‒ BrazilIn the Brazilian language Kamayurá, the word Ihu means sound … all that penetrates our soul...
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Fes Festival Programme Monday 15th
After the opening weekend, the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music continues this week with some great concerts on offer. The weather looks to be warm to hot with the temperatures on Monday expected to...
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Songhai – Andalusian gypsy to Mandinka - Review
Toumani Diabaté - all smiles for FezAt its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Songhai Empire, based in the Sahel region and including - among many others - the territories of modern day Mali,...
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Morocco - Heatwave Warning
Morocco's National Meteorological Directorate (DMN) has issued an official heatwave warning for many parts of the kingdom, saying that temperatures of up to 44 degrees Celsius will affect several...
View ArticleVideo of Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe (浙江婺剧团)
Courtesy of the Fes Festival - a video of the highlights from the evening of Chinese opera at Bab el Makina in FezSee our review here: Chinese OperaSHARE THIS!
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Pearl Diving and the Art of the Sea - Review
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ～ African proverb ~ to which could well be added ~ 36 degrees Celsius never made a large audience. The Al Maas Ensemble, however, went ahead with their...
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Eric Bibb Blues Concert ~ Review
The evening concert at Jnan Sbil Gardens featured blues legend, Eric Bibb and played before a large and enthusiastic crowd. Despite the overwhelmingly Anglophone audience, the introduction was in...
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LE MARIAGE DE PLAISIR - Tahar Ben Jelloun - Review
The first of two recitals of Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun's work this evening at Dar Adiyel was an extract from his novel "Le Mariage de Plaisir" (The Happy Marriage)Tahar Ben JellounThe work...
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Fes Festival Programme - Tuesday May 16
Dar Batha – 14h00 - Film screening: Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois.France – 2010 – 120 min – in French and Arabic16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden Stelios Petrakis Quartet – The Art of Cretan Lyra –...
View ArticleFes Festival Flashback: Songhai Video
Toumani Diabaté, José Miguel Carmona, Juan Carmona and Javier Colina revive the spirit of Songhaï, a splendid musical collaboration that brings together the energy of flamenco and the dexterity of...
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Taziri - Titi Robin with Mehdi Nassouli - Review
Dar Adiyel – Taziri – An encounter on Mediterranean shores – Titi Robin, bouzouki, guitar and oud. Mehdi Nassouli, guembri, voice and percussionTiti RobinTaziri, which in the Amazigh (Berber) language...
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Stelios Petrakis Quartet ~ Review
Jnan Sbil Garden - Stelios Petrakis Quartet – The Art of Cretan Lyra – GreecePlaces of peace, islands of goodwill,Where, transported by sweet dreams,I abandon myself to the thoughts of my heart ～...
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Sardinian Rituals - Arestes E S’Urtzu Pretistu - Review
Arestes E S’Urtzu Pretistu‒ Ancient rite of the village of Sorgono – Sardinia ~ Life, death and rebirthIt is inevitable that not everything at a festival will be a hit. So far the 2017 Fes Festival of...
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Lankum – Irish Traveller Ballads - Review
Lankum is the new name of a band UK newspaper, The Guardian, has called "The most convincing folk band to come out of Ireland in years." Their original name, Lynched (presumably a play on the surname...
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Fes Festival Programme ~ Wednesday 16th
Jnan Sbil Garden – 16h30 - Gardens East and West – Botanical Breath – FrancePatrick Scheyder: piano, Michael Lonsdale and Monique Scheyder: readingsNIGHT IN THE MEDINA IIISignage has finally...
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Gardens East and West ~ Botanical Breath ~ Review
A garden brings us together, whatever our culture, beliefs or occupations. It is a place of active peace where all in it can live in dialogue. Every plant and every being is of use to us in the noble...
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Yasmine Hamdan ~ Lebanon ~ Review
Expect to hear more of singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan over the coming months. She currently is busy with a tour promoting this year's album, Al Jamilat - her second solo offering. On Monday this week...
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Labyrinths – Vincent Moon,Priscilla Telmon & Hamadcha - Review
Asking a traditional Sufi Brotherhood to improvise to cinematic images is a difficult undertaking. But tonight at the Sidi Mohamed Ben Youssef Cultural Complex, that is exactly what they attempted.The...
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Fes Festival Programme ~ Thursday 18th
Another great day at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden Beloved Ganges - Harmony of voices – France/IndiaCreated by the musical project Resonance: Samuel Cattiau, voice,...
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