The Judeo-Andalusian Traditions of Morocco

The Judeo-Andalusian Traditions of Morocco

For more than a thousand years the musical styles of the Arabs and Jews have flourished and intermingled in the western Mediterranean region of southern Spain and North Africa. For nearly seven centuries at the Muslim courts of Cordoba, Sevilla and Granada in southern Spain the arts of poetry, music and architecture……

A singer's journey: Rediscovering my roots through Sephardic Song

A singer's journey: Rediscovering my roots through Sephardic Song

I was born in Casablanca of Judeo-Spanish heritage on my mother’s side and Judeo-Berber on my father’s. My family was also deeply influenced by French culture (Morocco was a French protectorate from 1911 to 1956) and by Argentinean culture, my great grandfather having immigrated to …………..

My brief autobiography

 My brief autobiography

I was born in Casablanca, Morocco on the Northwestern coast of Africa, which is just across the Strait of Gibraltar at the very southern tip of Spain. When I was there last, the famous Rock of Gibraltar was covered with monkeys. I don’t know if they are still there…….