Traditional Music- North Africa

Egypt

zar ritual

musicians:

sayyid Darwish

mohammed abdel Wahab

baligh hamdi

umm kulthum

Mohamed fawzi

abdel halim hafez

farid el atrash

shadia

nagat el-sagheera

fayza ahmed

warda al-jazairia

Daoud husny

Zakir murad

Layla murad

Munir murad

asmahan

salama hujazi

abu al-ula

zakariya ahmad

riadh sombati

sami shawwa

Muhammad al-qasabchi

baligh hamdi

omar Khorshid

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-Music of Upper Egypt

-Khamis El Fino Ali: Arabic Songs and Dances

-Egypt: taqasim & layali- cairo tradition

artists included:

Ibrahim el-haggar

sami nussair

wahbi labib

Muhammad el-arabi

the takht ensemble of cairo

gomaa Muhammad ali

-khamis el fino ali: music for the classical oud

-Coptic cathedral of st. mark: Coptic music

-Bedouin music of southern sinai

artists included:

tarabin tribe

mzina tribe

abu rodeis

Nubian music:

hamza el-din

ali hassan kuban

halim el-dabh

sudan

musicians:

aisha musa ahmed/ abdel karim alkabli/ al balabil

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-Music of the Sudan: The Role of Song and Dance in Dinka Society, Album One: War Songs and Hymns

-Music of the Sudan: The Role of Song and Dance in Dinka Society, Album Two: Women's Dance Songs

-Music of the Sudan: The Role of Song and Dance in Dinka Society, Album Three: Burial Hymns and War Songs

nonesuch album:

-nubia-escalay(the waterwheel):oud music

Tunisia

musicians:

Khemaïs Tarnane

salah el mahdi

Hédi Jouini

ali siti & chabeb el fan

Habiba Msika

Saliha

Chafia Rochdi

Ali Derouiche

Sayed Chatta 

Chafia Rochdi

Hana Rached

mohamed jamoussi

Mohamed triki

hassiba rochdi

lotfi bouchnak

Mohamed jamoussi

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-Tunisia, Vol. 1: The Classical Arab-Andalusian Music of Tunis

-Tunisia, Vol. 2: Religious Songs and Cantillations from Tunisia

-Tunisia, Vol. 3: Folk Music

Andalusian music (originally centred in the Iberian peninsula when it was under muslim rule, nowadays mostly based in northwest Africa)

musicians:

El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka

al andalus ensemble

Israeli Andalusian orchestra

orchestra arabo- andalou de fes

Beihdja Rahal

Brahim Hadj Kacem

Nouri Koufi

Leila Borsali

Algeria

Gasba

nuubaat

chaabi:

El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka

dahmane el harrachi

Hadj Mrizek

Amer Ezzahi

El Hachemi Guerouabi

Boudjemaa el Ankis

Kamel Messaoudi

Abdelkader Chaou

Dahman El Harachi

aita:

Fatna Bent Lhoucine

Mohamed Benomar Ziani

hawzi:

Cheikha Tetma

Fadila D'zirya

Myriam Fekkai

bedoui:

Cheikh Hamada

Cheikh Mohammed Senoussi

Cheikh Madani

Cheikh Hachemi Bensmir

Cheikh Khaldi

rai:

Les Trois Filles de Baghdad

Soubira bent Menad

Kheira Essebsadija

Cheikha Rimitti

Reinette L'Oranaise

Saoud l'Oranais

Larbi Bensari

Cheikha Grélo

Cheikha Djenia el Mostganmia

Cheikha Bachitta de Mascara

Cheikha a; Ouachma el Tmouchentia

Chaba Fadela

Cheb Hamid

Cheb Mami

Rachid & Fethi

Raïna Raï

Mimoun El Oujdi

Hanino

Groupe El Azhar

messaoud bellemou

Bellemou & Benfissa

Boutaïaba Sghir

Boussouar El Maghnaoui

Bouteldja Belkacem

Belkacem Bouteldja

Boutaiba Sghir

Cheb Zergui

Khaled

cheb hasni

chada fadela

cheb saharoui

wahrani/el asri:

blaoui houari

mohammed belarbi

djelloul bendaoud

ahmed saber

ahmed wahby

general Algerian folk musicians:

Kri Kri

Djamel Allem

chaoui:

Houria Aïchi

Ali El-Khencheli

A'issa ÉI-Djermouni

Hadj Bouregaa

Teldja and Zoulikha

Les Berberes

Amirouch

Massinissa

Amadiaz

Numidas

Mihoub

Massilia

Merkunda

Thiguyer

Salim Souhali (Thaziri)

Dihya

Messaoud Nedjahi

ahelil de gourara

ahelil de timimoun(group):

-sacred songs of the sahara (Algeria) (live album)

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-Algerian berber music

-Algeria: sahara- music of gourara

Morocco

musicians:

chalf hassan

gnawa

musicians:

hamid el kasri

Mahmoud guinea

h'mida boussou

maallem hassan bousso

mallem rachid hamzaoui

Maalem Mohamed Kouyou

maalem paco abderrahmane

majid bekkas hassan hakmoun

-gnawa home songs (human traces album)

malhun:

houcine toulali/Fatima hadad/zohra al fassiya

morroccan sufi music:

The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar

ahwash

Smithsonian folkways albums:

-music of Morocco

-Abdeslam cherkaoui: morrocco: Arabic traditional music

southern sahara

Tuareg music

Traditional music/asak:

Majila Ag Khamed Ahmad

Almuntaha

Ajju

Islaman

Tambatan

Alghadawiat

Taghdu

Ishumar music also known as Teshumara/tishoumaren or al guitarra music style:

Abdallah Oumbadougou

In Tayaden

Tinariwen (Abareybon)

Kiddu Ag Hossad

Baly Othmani

Abdalla Ag Umbadugu

Hasso Ag Akotey

tinariwen

Bombino

Imarhan

Les Filles de Illighadad

Mdou Moctar

Smithsonian folkways album:

-Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara