ABOUT
Mohamed Errebbaa was born in Rabat, a Moroccan musician and master in the Gnawa world. He spent a decade traveling throughout Morocco, studying the diverse regional musical traditions under some of the leading musicians in the country. In southern Morocco, Issawa, and Deqqa folkloric percussion, he became especially passionate about the three-stringed Gnawa bass lute, the Guembri, before launching his international career.
Receptive to the fusion of musical genres, he has collaborated with many leading international artists. He worked and performed with artists Trevy Felix, Nelly Stharre, Antonia Vai, Hamid Bouchnak, Martin Signeur, and Justin Adams, mixing traditional African music with the sounds of the wider world.
Mohamed has already performed at several festivals worldwide, including Shambala, Greenbelt, WOMAD (UK), Bergenfest (Norway), Respect Festival (Prague), Busan (South Korea), and Festival Internationale de Percussions Soussa (Tunisia).
Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna Groove Band is the fruit of a project funded by the Arts Council UK and led by Mohamed to give a platform to Gnawa music and expose this traditional music in a modern way with UK-based talented musicians.
Expect soaring vocals and bass-heavy grooves. Get ready for a night of global music that will see intensity, power chords, and stories of arrival and departure. This performance will harness the deep trance power of the Gnawa repertoire and will showcase the old African folk, funk, blues, and jazz, bringing elements of trance to lift the spirits and dance.
Receptive to the fusion of musical genres, he has collaborated with many leading international artists. He worked and performed with artists Trevy Felix, Nelly Stharre, Antonia Vai, Hamid Bouchnak, Martin Signeur, and Justin Adams, mixing traditional African music with the sounds of the wider world.
Mohamed has already performed at several festivals worldwide, including Shambala, Greenbelt, WOMAD (UK), Bergenfest (Norway), Respect Festival (Prague), Busan (South Korea), and Festival Internationale de Percussions Soussa (Tunisia).
Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna Groove Band is the fruit of a project funded by the Arts Council UK and led by Mohamed to give a platform to Gnawa music and expose this traditional music in a modern way with UK-based talented musicians.
Expect soaring vocals and bass-heavy grooves. Get ready for a night of global music that will see intensity, power chords, and stories of arrival and departure. This performance will harness the deep trance power of the Gnawa repertoire and will showcase the old African folk, funk, blues, and jazz, bringing elements of trance to lift the spirits and dance.
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