After many years, I am quietly retiring my blog "Jewish Maghrib Jukebox" (and formerly "Jewish Morocco"). But not to fe...

On the subject of the Yom Kippur chant “ Kol Nidre ,” a Tunisian record sleeve from the 1960s reads, “Every Jew must listen to it with ...

(L-R, Messaoud Habib, Dalila Taliyana, Acher Mizrahi, Paris c. 1930) For much of the first half of the twentieth century, the name M...

Pulled a few Maghribi Passover albums from my collection in advance of the Passover holiday. More music coming this spring. Chag Sameach! ...

(R) Kespi in Berlin. 1929. Ok, friends. For the last night of Hanukkah, we’re going to listen to something truly special. This rec...

  When I first began to get drawn into the world of North African Jewish musicians, I often wondered (sometimes aloud) about the f...

The blurring of secular and sacred lines that was North African music in the twentieth century is an absolute delight. Melodies...