Latin Music
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If you enjoy music and, even more, you enjoy taking it in live, then Austin is a great place to live. One could very easily make the argument that Austin is the best place in the world to live if you were to make that decision based on the availability of great live music. Not a night goes by that you can't find live music being played somewhere in Austin.
Essaouira, or Mogador, is a very beautiful city, thanks to its fascinating history, its historical monuments, its natural spaces, and its cultural heritage. And gnawa is the best example of art representing the rich musical heritage of this city. So, the Gnawa and World Music Festival is organized to celebrate this art and to give an international dimension to this musical genre and to its "maalemsan", in order to make them communicate with other artists who represent different styles of music.
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Every year, the greatest artists from all over the world come to this festival to discover the beauty of this city and to make a fusion between tagnaouit and their different styles of music. Thus, a perfect and an extraordinary Masterpiece is created in the shape of one of the most amazing festivals in the world that makes the audience look forward to the beginning of this great occasion.
In just 10 years, the Gnawa and World Music of Festival of Essaouira has made this lovely Atlantic sea town one of the most important touristic destinations in Morocco, together with Marrakech, Agadir, Tangiers, and Fez . Today, Essaouira and its festival are closely associated in the minds and hearts of those who know them.
New Latin Music Gallery
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