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Gnawa Diffusion

Gnawa Diffusion has been played on NTS shows including Shakshouka w/ Cheb Mimo, with Ya Laymi first played on 29 November 2023.

Gnawa Diffusion is a band created in 1992 in Grenoble, France, around Amazigh Kateb, lead singer and son of Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. The political lyrics are sung in Arabic, French or English and the music is very mixed (chaabi, gnawa, rock, reggae, dub…). Other members are Mohammed Abdenour, Pierre Bonnet, Philippe Bonnet, Salah Meguiba, Pierre Feugier, Abdelaziz Maysour and Amar Chaoui. Main albums are Algeria (1997), Bab el Oued - Kingston (1999) Souk System (2003) and Fucking Cowboys (2006).

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Ya Laymi
Gnawa Diffusion
D'Jamaz, Warner Jazz France2003
Ya Laymi
Gnawa DiffusionD'Jamaz, Warner Jazz France2003
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