Tim Abdellah’s Web Thing
SPIELING: MOROCCAN MUSIC
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Although my main research focus has been Gnawa ritual music, I have also had my hands and ears in different musics from Morocco and across North Africa. Below you can find links to some things I've written and some radio appearances.
Writings and Radio
"The Sidi Mansourgency”. 3-hour episode of Bodega Pop wherein I trace the improbably pathways of the Tunisian smash pop hit and Sufi ritual song “Sidi Mansour”. October 30, 2024.
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Doukkali, Abdelwahab", "Hamdaouia, Hajja" and "Slaoui, Houcine", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. 2nd edition. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001.
Liner Notes: The Music Of Islām "Volume Five: ʾAīssāoua Ṣūfī Ceremony, Marrakesh, Morocco” and "Volume Seven: Al-Andalūs Andalusian Music - Tetouan, Morocco”. Celestial Harmonies 13144-2 and 13147-2 (1997-98)
"Pandemonium renewed: the legend of the Master Musicians of Jajouka". Journal of the International Institute [Ann Arbor] 3/2 (winter 1996) 26-28.