From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive
Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco's most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita ...
The i on MSN13h
The forgotten folk singer who finally found stardom 30 years on
Vashti Bunyan's star briefly rose in the sixties - then she seemed to vanish. She explains what really happened - and how she ...
中国日报网11h
Huji Shuhui festival celebrates vocal folk arts in Shandong
Liu Lanfang, one of China's storytelling masters, performs on Sunday during Huji Shuhui, a festival celebrating various forms ...
Newsday7d
From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive
Women like her are the stewards of one of Morocco’s most cherished oral traditions: a form of folk singing known as aita, which means a “cry” or “lament” in Arabic. From smoky bars and ...
The Washington Post8d
From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive
SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the melodies ...
Yahoo7d
From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive
Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria'' Moullablad gives a traditional performance known as Aita, in Sidi Yahya Zaer, south of the capital Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Jan. 27 ...