Music of Western Sahara
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Sahrawi music shares much in common with neighbouring musical traditions such as those of Mauritanian and southern Moroccan. The tbal is the basic instrument of percussion, though the traditional tidinit has largely been replaced by electric guitar.
From 1998, Nubenegra music label marketed several Sahrawi music CDs in the United States and Germany, with a first release of a three-disc box set from 1998 entitled Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara (catalogue number INT 32552). Featured artists in the compilation were singer Mariem Hassan with Leyoad and guitarist Nayim Alal. Nubenegra released solo albums for each - 2000's Songs of the Saharan Women and 2003's Nar (INN1114-2 and INN1117-2). Meanwhile, American label Rounder Records released their own compilaition Starry Nights in Western Sahara in 2000. Nayim Alal released his follow-up Sáhara, Tierra Mía in 2005 on Calabash Music.
On November 8, 2007 Tiris released the album Sandtracks on Sandblast Records to Western audiences.
[edit] External links
- Sample and download Sáhara, Tierra Mía
- Sample and download Mariem Hassan con Leyoad
- Info, Audio & video samples
- Mariem Hassan INTERVIEW
- Starry Nights in Western Sahara
- Listen to starry-celebration sample
- Listen to samples from Medej CD, Mariem Hassan, Nayim Alal et al at CDRoots.com
- Advance of the new CD of Mariem Hassan
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