oulad miliana ouled miliana

does anyone out there have any recordings of the hadra of the oulad miliana (in morocco) played on the lira?
interesting that they don't even exist on google's radar
do they have an entirely different name in algeria, perhaps, where their founding sheikh is buried?

gnawiyya in a douar

check out the great series of videos by tabouda01 at youtube.com ......great quality recording of both image and sound

algerian music

this is a cd with a 32 minute dvd "extra"....there is one piece here in an "altered pentatonic mode" "plunging the audience into an antique-sounding world" .......available in the u.s.a. as an import

moroccan films on dvd

these five dvds are also available separately in france from alapage.com

the most recent of the two have subtitles in french or english, the other three only in french

wechma (1970) subt. francais

mirage (1979) subt. francais

la priere de l'absent (1995) subt. francais

les casablancais (1999) subt. english & francais

le cheval de vent (2002) subt. english & francais

nouri bouzid dvd

scheduled for release june 10 in the u.s.a. the dvd "making of" by the tunisian film director nouri bouzid

abdelilah hamdouchi

hopefully appearing, inch'Allah, may 15, 2008 the book by moroccan novelist abdelilah hamdouchi called "the last wager" in the u.s.a. and "the final bet" in the u.k.

chaabi downloads at amazon

another company is providing north african cds for download at amazon.com.......type in "amd" and you'll get a choice of 82 cds (as well as 3 cds by a rock group called amd).......unfortunately a lot of them are compilations with brief excerpts less than two minutes long of many songs.....there are however some normal cds: try listening to the "hay delli" cd by bnat acharque or the cd by khalid el awni..........some great numbers.....

farid imazighen

listen to farid imazighen (listed as "fegrouche") sing "ch'hanech dfarghchen" on the "raja rajayi" cd

zoulikha and wassim

give a listen to zoulikha and wassim singing "mchghakgh iwoura" and "alhaytino thghdou"

thameur.....gasba.....qasba....and fadila el djazairiya

there are two cds by thameur available for mp3 download at amazon if anyone wants to hear some algerian qasba music.............also check out lamia maadini, mohamed khznadji and fadila el djazairiya if you are looking for traditional algerian sounds

rai....and more...tresors de la chanson judeo-arabe

on the amazon.com download mp3s box.........type in SOLI-CADIC..........and you will be shown 277 cds and be able to buy them or indidual songs from them.....................most are rai but there are some old singers and the cd "tresors de la chanson judeo-arabe"............

aissaoua issawa hnayshiyya

there are two short (26 minute) documentaries about snake finders/charmers in morocco which are very similar ( both french, both follow the man about the countryside looking for snakes, show him at home and have brief excerpts from a "lila" or "hadra"). one "moulay hassan aissaoui" is available on dvd from gedeon, while the other "the cobra brotherhood" has been shown on tv but is not available on dvd.

amin zaoui

amin zaoui has many books published in french, two in spanish, and scheduled for publication in june: BANQUET OF LIES.....not recommended for those with a traditional religious orientation or those who like a traditional story (with plot)..........third generation "nouvel roman"...........

moroccan music..ahl touat..dhikr aissaouia...fnaire (rap)

here are two sites for listening to moroccan music for free

1)www.marocaudio.com (you choose what you want to listen to)

2)www.yabiladi.com (radio) for example: 19:16:30 - Aissaoua - Dhikr
18:43:08 - AbdelKarim Rais - Bisayti Ramli Almayati Moulay Abd Rahim Souiri
18:30:06 - Ahl Touat - Rabbi Ya Moulana
18:27:43 - Bambara Trans - Lahlah
18:23:37 - Fnaire - Sogane Balmaklob
18:20:09 - Fnaire - Lalla Mennana
18:19:09 - Fnaire - T`Borida
18:18:45 - Fnaire - H`layqi
18:17:56 - Fnaire - B`ladna Khadra
18:15:45 - Fnaire - Douaa

new north african dvds 2008....DELICE PALOMA...

peace & greetings..........there are only 3 new dvds from north africa scheduled for release in the next couple of months (that i know of)

1) JANUARY 22........La Goulette or Summer at La goulette (in the u.s.a. with english subtitles....it's been available for years in europe)

2) JANUARY 29...........The Yacoubian Building

3)FEBRUARY 20..............Delice Paloma

4)APRIL 9............................Cartouches Gauloises

chaabi mp3s..............stati abdelaziz.............

here is some information about finding north african music for those who are not able to visit the region frequently.........i am in no way associated with any of these commercial ventures.........i am listing them solely to help whomever it may concern.
amazon.com now has a mp3 download service..........if you type in "La Fa Mi Productions" you will have about a thousand songs to choose from.
fassiphone.com has a new mp3 download service too.........you can also buy cds from them (the dvds have disappeared-january 2008)....their cassettes and a therefore a lot of their back catalogue is no longer available......the mp3 downloads are not available immediately as with amazon.......also they don't list the length of the tracks...........but it works.......they are in belgium...
aladin2000.com also sells cds and dvs from europe but their packing leaves much to be desired....no bubble wrap, foam pellets etc.......my cd cases arrived in pieces but, incredibly, the cds were unharmed, hamdullah.
of course, amazon.com has a number of cds available.....(there is a double cd of stati from an amazon seller for which i paid $6.49 u.s.)
in europe fnac.com and alapage.com have a better selection than amazon.fr