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For this week’s episode I chatted with MoroccanTapes.com founder Amino Belyamani. Amino, who grew up in Casablanca and now lives in Brooklyn, created the site that brings Moroccan tapes of various musical genres, which are typically only available for purchase in Morocco and in regions where the musicians hail, to the world.
With music in his blood – both his father and brother are musicians – Amino is an accomplished musician himself having co-founded the band Dawn of Midi. He’s also is involved in Innov Gnawa, a group known for their traditional Moroccan trance emsemble and their track Bambro Koyo Ganda was nominated for a Grammy in 2018 in the best dance recording category.
Listen is as Amino talks about Moroccan Tapes and his plans for the site, what he thinks listeners should be listening to when it comes to the tapes already available and Moroccan music in general.
To listen or learn more, visit: https://moroccantapes.com/
To support Why Morocco, please consider buying me a coffee nouss nouss.
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My other projects include:
Why Morocco bonus – Author Adrienne Chinn on creative writing and the energy of Marrakech
Why Morocco 033 – Life coach Ray Beach on Drift and Design
Why Morocco 031 – Touria El Glaoui on the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Why Morocco 030 – Lonely Planet travel writer Helen Ranger on Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains
Why Morocco 029 – Meryam Demnati on Amazigh culture in Morocco
Why Morocco 028 – Aziza Chaouni on architectural restoration projects in Morocco
Why Morocco 026 – Imad Dahmani on modernist architecture in Casablanca
Why Morocco 025 – Justina Tulloch on living, visiting and doing business in Casablanca
Why Morocco 024 – Shiraz Ksaiba on leaving London and pursuing a creative life in Taghazout Morocco
Why Morocco 023 – Abderrazak Houdzi on learning a craft in Marrakech
Why Morocco 022 – Aida Alami on reporting from Morocco
Why Morocco 021 – Richard Hamilton on writing Tangier: From the Romans to the Rolling Stones
Why Morocco 020 – Rose Button on experiencing the holy town of Moulay Idriss, Morocco
Why Morocco 019 – Cris Martinus from Sun Trails on summer holidays in Morocco
Why Morocco 018 – Alice Morrison on trekking along the Draa River
Why Morocco 017 – On visiting Morocco during Ramadan
Why Morocco 016 – Fulbright Scholar David Packer on Moroccan ceramics
Why Morocco 015 – Artist Christo on his Femmes exhibition at the Yves Saint Laurent museum in Marrakech
Why Morocco 014 – Author Saeida Rouass on historical fiction and her Moroccan-British heritage
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