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Music of the High Atlas

BBC Radio 3
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The Berbers of south-west Morocco celebrate the end of the summer harvest with festivals, or moussems.
James Whittington attends a moussem in the High Atlas mountains and is overwhelmed by the wealth of musical styles, from the villagers' ahwash songs to the sounds of the Gnawa. Producer Alan Hall

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James Whittington
Producer:
Alan Hall
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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