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Last broadcast on Sat, 22 Aug 2009, 15:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Lucy Duran visits the 2009 Gnawa and World Music Festival in Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast. An annual free event attended by some 400,000 people, it celebrates the ancient tradition of trance music and is thought to have the power of spiritual healing. With music by Berber singer Brahim Assli and an improvised collaborative concert by New Orleans jazz band Congo Nation and local musicians Agadir Gnawa.
WORLD ROUTES
Presented by Lucy Duran
Produced by Roger Short
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Fax. 020 7765 5052
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Saturday 22nd August 2009
Raouf Bekkari: Baniya
Agadir Gnawa
BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
Interview with Neila Tazi, Director of Essaouira World Music Festival
Assli: Yan gir Isagsan
Assli: Awdi Ayahbibawa
Assli: Ghar sigl Maghtssat
Rais Braim Assli & Ensemble
BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
Interview with Braim Assli
Assli: Irbi Ayasyakh
Assli: Wim nga Wink
Rais Braim Assli & Ensemble
BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
Interview with Donald Harrison
Improvised piece
Congo Nation & Agadir Gnawa
BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
Improvised piece
Congo Nation & Agadir Gnawa
BBC Recording by Marvin Ware, at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
Agadir Gnawa
Agadir Gnawa in performance at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
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Braim Assli
Braim Assli in performance at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
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Congo Nation
Congo Nation in performance at the Essaouira World Music Festival 2009
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Sat 22 Aug 200915:00