Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou
Kings Place, Hall One, N1 9AG , [Venue Details]Asmâa Hamzaoui, the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music, joins the Songlines Encounters Festival bill with her group Bnat Timbouktou. Asmâa delivers a contagious brand of evangelistic desert blues.
Though women are essential to Gnawa rituals, there have not been many female Gnawa musicians. Asmâa Hamzaoui and the group Bnat Timboktou are part of a new wave changing this trend.
Hamzaoui was born into a Casablanca family who have lived and breathed Gnawa – her father is a master musician, her mother a dancer. She was taught the guembri as a child, and at an early age, she joined her father’s band on qraqeb and choir, before he encouraged her to start her own group. That became Bnat Timbouktou, the band who in late spring will release L ́bnat the follow up to the critically acclaimed debut album Oulad Ighaba on the Swedish label ajabu! Records.
‘To us, Gnawa stands above all other kinds of music. It’s our childhood. It’s spiritual, healing, and it makes you feel grounded.’
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Performer name: Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou
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Asmâa Hamzaoui, the foremost female ambassador of Gnawa music, joins the Songlines Encounters Festival bill with her group Bnat Timbouktou. Asmâa delivers a contagious brand of evangelistic desert blues.
Though women are essential to Gnawa rituals, there have not been many female Gnawa musicians. Asmâa Hamzaoui and the group Bnat Timboktou are part of a new wave changing this trend.
Hamzaoui was born into a Casablanca family who have lived and breathed Gnawa – her father is a master musician, her mother a dancer. She was taught the guembri as a child, and at an early age, she joined her father’s band on qraqeb and choir, before he encouraged her to start her own group. That became Bnat Timbouktou, the band who in late spring will release L ́bnat the follow up to the critically acclaimed debut album Oulad Ighaba on the Swedish label ajabu! Records.
‘To us, Gnawa stands above all other kinds of music. It’s our childhood. It’s spiritual, healing, and it makes you feel grounded.’
Admission
Min: £10.50
Max: £21.00
Performer name: Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou
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