Boujeloud | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 2006 |
Recorded | 1994- 2000 |
Genre | World Music, Sufi music |
Label | Sub Rosa Records |
Producer | Frank Rynne |
Boujeloud is a CD by the Moroccan Sufi musicians Master Musicians of Joujouka.
It was released in September 2006 on Sub Rosa Records. It was produced by Frank Rynne under the direction of Mohamed Hamri. [1] The group on this CD includes veteran Joujouka musician Mujehid Mujdoubi (1893–1997). The Cd records the music of Boujeloud or Pan, the ancient deity still recognised in the small Moroccan village of Jajouka or Joujouka. [1]
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