Nass El Ghiwane’s Moroccan Folk, Radical Politics, Forged in Paris
Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock the Magreb and Europe, writes Benjamin Jones.
Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock the Magreb and Europe, writes Benjamin Jones.
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