Artist

Maalem Mahmoud Guinia

Maalem Mahmoud Guinia appears 2 times in our Gnawa list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

Ranked entries

2

Appears on

Gnawa

Years

1998–2013

Highest placing

No. 1 in Gnawa

Updated

2026-08-30

Appears on

1. 01

   Colours of the Night

   2013

   Ranked No. 1 in Gnawa

   The master of the guinbri recorded in Casablanca, doing exactly what he would do at a lila. No concession to a listening audience, and it is the most hypnotic record in this part of the corpus.

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2. 03

   Aicha

   1998

   Ranked No. 3 in Gnawa

   Released on cassette, which is how most of this music actually circulated for fifty years before anyone abroad was listening. The unpolished version, and the better one.

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