Bab L' Bluz (literally ''The door of the Blues'') is a Franco-Moroccan group created in 2018 in Marrakech following the meeting of the Moroccan singer/guitarist Yousra Mansour and the French guitarist/producer Brice Bottin. Passionate about Gnawa music, they decide to learn together the guembri. It is from this French-Moroccan fusion that a new repertoire of 10 tracks of music will be born.
Armed with their electric guembris, Bab L' Bluz resonates a mixture of Gnawa trance rhythms, Hassani songs from southern Morocco and Chaâbi polyrhythms, propelling their music into the magnetic fields of psychedelic rock and volutes of incense. Led by a woman doukkalia, the group wants to carry a revolution of attitude being part of the movement of the Moroccan youth “Nayda“, a new wave of artists and committed musicians who are inspired by the local heritage and sing texts of freedom in the Moroccan-Arabic dialect, the darija. Very active since its creation, the power quartet travels the globe to distill its hypnotic riffs and spread its mystical and liberating headbanging frenzy to its audience - a true signature of the group. Poetic and powerful, Bab L' Bluz is an expanding universe, a sonic territory that transcends boundaries.
In 2020, Bab L' Bluz made a stunning entrance on the music scene with the album Nayda! Mojo Top 10 world Album of the year,
Songlines Best albums of 2020, The New York Times, Vogue Arabia, BBC, Le Monde, Financial Time, Pan African Music, Uncut, Radio Nova or Arte Concert...
In 2021, Bab L' Bluz won his first Songlines Music Awards and then began a world tour which is still ongoing (Europe, Africa, America, Oceania)...
Concerts
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3 May 24
Dexter
Odense C, Denmark -
4 May 24
Roots & Hybrid Festival 2024
Århus, Denmark -
11 May 24
Rhythm & Blues Night 2024
Groningen, Netherlands -
17 May 24
Jumeaux Jazz Club
Lausanne, Switzerland -
18 May 24
Music Meeting Nijmegen 2024
Nijmegen, Netherlands -
23 May 24
Bab'l Bluz, Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France -
29 May 24
Nattjazz
Bergen, Norway -
31 May 24
african picknic 2024
Schwäbisch Hall, Germany -
1 Jun 24
Ampere
Munich, Germany -
6 Jun 24
Holzmarkt 25
Berlin, Germany -
8 Jun 24
Clandestino Festival 2024
Göteborg, Sweden -
15 Jun 24
Bab L'Bluz - Marché des Continents 2024 à Chambéry
Chambéry, France -
29 Jun 24
Bab L'Bluz - festival Les Musicaves 2024
Givry, France -
30 Jun 24
Festival des Cultures 2024
Dudelange, Luxembourg -
4 Jul 24
Tollhaus
Karlsruhe, Germany -
12 Jul 24
Les Vieilles Charrues 2024
Carhaix-Plouguer, France -
19 Jul 24
Hillside Festival 2024
Guelph, ON -
20 Jul 24
BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL 2024
Brooklyn, NY -
25 Jul 24
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA -
26 Jul 24
Calgary Folk Music Festival 2024
Calgary, AB -
28 Jul 24
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival 2024
Salmon Arm, BC -
9 Aug 24
MENS ALORS! 2024
Mens, France -
15 Aug 24
Treibhaus
Innsbruck, Austria -
28 Aug 24
détours de babel ! 2024
Grenoble, France -
21 Sep 24
Scenes croisées
Mende, France -
22 Sep 24
Festival Arabesques 2024
Montpellier, France