7B.1 El Mehdi dial Nebbi
Performers: El Ferqa dial Guedra Goulimine (“Souqaina”, drummer.)
Recorded by Paul Bowles at Goulimine, Moroccan Sahara.
August 11, 1959
“The Music of this group was made
exclusively by means of voices accompanied by one drum. (See sheet 8B.) The two
numbers on this reel were presented as something clearly in the nature of a
prelude to the dance music which was to follow.”
Source:
Bowles, Paul F. "Goulimine." in Folk, Popular, and Art Music of Morocco. The Paul Bowles Moroccan Music Collection. Washington, DC: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1959-1962.
The Paul Bowles Moroccan Music Collection (AFC 1960/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Courtesy of the Paul Bowles Estate and Irene Hermann / Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies
