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Fatoum in concert in Brussels
Fetoum in concert in Brussels (Daarkom Festival)
Fatoum is going to perform in Brussels in March 30th, 2012. The performance is programmed in Darkoom Festival, which is an annual event organized by the Moroccan and Flemish mission of culture in Brussels.
Fatoum is a devoted artist that performs her culture of origin in different colors of music. The artist was born in the Rifian mountains (northern part of Morocco) then moved at early age to Brussels...
Sammar wins 2012 best handicraftsman Award
Halim Sammar on the right with his father
A young Amazigh talented handicraftsman from the Rif, Halim Sammar, wins the 2012 award of the second edition of the Moroccan best handicraftsman. This competition was organized by the ministry of Handicrafts and took place in Marrakech. The event was broadcasted on the Moroccan second TV Channel (2M).
Halim Sammar is a master of the wood. He won the competition for his creativity on transforming the wood...
World Music Grammy 2012 goes to Tinariwen
Tinariwen wins Grammy Award 2012
Congratulations to the fabulous Amazigh North African blues band Tinariwen on winning this year’s Grammy award for Best World Music Album.
Tuareg desert rockers Tinariwen have won the new best world music album award for “Tassili” at the Grammys.
Tinariwen, based in Mali, won one of the newly-combined categories at Sunday’s Grammy’s. The world music category had been previously been divided...
Khalid Izri to perform in the United States
Khalid Izri concets in the Unites States of America, April 2012
After having successfully promoted the Rifian music in Europe, Khalid Izri, for the first time in the career of the artist, is going to cross the Atlantic sea towards the United Stated in April 2012 to perform two concerts in Los Angeles and New York.
The concerts of Los Angeles are programmed in the fourth edition of the Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival on the 21st and 22th of April,...
Cherif Kheddam, the master of kabyle music passes away
Cherif Kheddam (1927-2012)
We learned with great sorrow the passing of the kabylian composer and poet Cherif Kheddam, this Monday, January 23, 2012.
Cherif KHEDDAM passed away at the age of 85 years in Paris following a long illness.
Agraw.com expresses its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of the last great master of the Kabyle song.
Known to be the champion of Kabyle music of exile, the late Kheddam arrived in 1947 in France.On...
Rouicha has passed away
Mohamed Rouicha (1950 -2012)
The Amazigh famous star from the Atlas Mountains Mohamed Rouicha has passed away at the age of 60 in Khenifra after sufering from a long term illness.
The artist has contributed by his original melodies and poems played on Lotar in enriching the Amazigh music library.
This traditional instrument has crossed its local borders to be become a world known instrument thanks Mohamed Rouicha. From a simple amateur, Rouicha has...
