Amarg song

Audio file
Date recorded: September 13, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: amarg, minstrel song
Culture: Amazigh, Moroccan
Instruments: gimbri, kamanjah, naqus, voice
Location: Ouarzazate, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T2089
Track Number: 13
Archive ID: T2089R13
Note: As in Alan Lomax’s Marrakech recordings, this is an example of amarg, or improvised sung poetry, performed by an itinerant Amazigh / Berber bard, or rais.
Belongs to: Ouarzazate II 9/67
About the session: A collection of amarg (improvised sung poetry) songs, similar to those from Alan Lomax’s Marrakech recordings. This rais (itinerant Amazigh / Berber musician) is accompanied on the rabab (bowed upright lute), with rhythm on the naqus (small brass cymbal, struck with iron sticks).
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