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Chaabi (Morocco)
Chaabi (lit. "popular") refers to several types of popular music of Morocco, combining rural and urban folk music. The genre started out as street music performed in squares and ''souks'', and can be heard in cafés, at restaurants and at weddings. Rural varieties include ''Jerra'' and ''al-Aïta'' (lit. "the cry"). Several artists performing this genre are known, such as Hajib, Abdelaziz Stati, Najat Aatabou, Saïd Senhaji Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, Morocco. His roots go back to Taounate :''This article refers to the city of Taounate; for the province see Taounate Province.'' ar, تاونات , nickname = , ... and Khalid Bennani. References Moroccan styles of music {{Morocco-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Chaabi
Chaabi is a traditional music of Algiers (Algeria), formalized by El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka. Originally from the Casbah, the music known as chaabi belongs to a tradition of recent origin. It emerged during the 1930s, and has lost none of its power of attraction up to the present time. Inspired by vocal traditions of Andalusi music, such as muwashshah, using its modes and rhythm. ''Chaabi'' means 'of the people', and it's very definitely the people's music, even in a country where Raï rules. A typical song features mournful, Arabic/Berber vocals, set against an orchestral backdrop of a dozen musicians, with violins and mandolins swelling and falling to a piano melody and the clap of percussion beats. Chaabi is part of a deeply conservative tradition and its lyrics often carrying a strong moral message. At first Chaabi remained a scandalous genre, thriving behind closed doors or in specific locations called "Mahchachat" (cannabis dens), where the admirer of this music would go to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelaziz Stati
Abdelaziz al-'Arbaoui (), commonly known as Stati (), is a Moroccan singer born in Laaounate, Sidi Bennour Province in 1961. His name "Stati" comes from the fact that he has a sixth finger on his left hand. Mawazine stampede A stampede broke out after his performance at the 2009 Mawazine music festival in Rabat. Music Abdelaziz Stati's discography consists of multiple Moroccan musical genres like: Aita, Chaabi, Jra and Kaada. His instrument of choice is the violin. Personal life Stati was the subject of scandal in 2018 when a young woman, Ilham, claimed she was his daughter. Stati initially denied any involvement or interest in her life but later, after finding out she was in fact his daughter, met with her. See also * Mohamed Rouicha * Said Senhaji Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, Morocco. His roots go back to Taounate :''This article refers to the city of Taounate; for the province see Taounate Province.'' ar, تاونات , nickna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najat Aatabou
Najat Aâtabou ( ar, نجاة اعتابو; born 1960) is an Berber Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer. Her song "Hadi Kedba Bayna" was sampled by the Chemical Brothers in their 2004 song "Galvanize". Early life Najat Aâtabou was born in Khémisset on 9 May 1960 into a lower-class family, with five brothers and four sisters. She dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but her life would take a different direction. Singing was her favourite thing to do and she would walk to school every morning singing songs. When she reached the age of thirteen, she would sneak out of her bedroom window and sing at local weddings and school parties for money. At one of these parties, a friend recorded her voice with a tape recorder. The tape was sold illegally throughout Morocco and the song ("J'en ai marre") ("I've had enough of it") became especially popular. Her family soon found out about her singing and did not accept her choice of vocation. Her brothers threatened to kill her if she cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saïd Senhaji
Saïd Senhaji (; 1968) is a ''chaabi'' singer from Casablanca, Morocco. His roots go back to Taounate :''This article refers to the city of Taounate; for the province see Taounate Province.'' ar, تاونات , nickname = , settlement_type = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize ..., Morocco. He is sometimes referred to as ''Sultan'' ''al-Ughnia ash-Sha'abia'' (سلطان الاغنية الشعبية ''Sultan of the Chaabi Ballad''). Songs * Pirouche ould El Abdia, Senhaji Said, Titou, Nachat el R'ma, Samia and Fouzia lehrizia, ''Non Stop Jarra Vol. 2'', Fassifone, 2005 * Senhaji Said, ''Senhaji Said'', Fassifone, 2005 * Senhaji Said, Daoudi, Saïd Lahna, Ahmed Al Boutoula, Najat Tazi and Doukkala, ''Jarra non stop Chayyeb'', Fassifone, 2002 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
