The Master Musicians of Jajouka
led by Bachir Attar (MAR)
Music legends in unique concert
Still tickets at the door
Friday 27th of January / Doors at 21:00 / Entrance at the door: 190 kr (170 kr. for students)
“One of the most musically inspiring groups still left on the planet.” – Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones
“A 4,000 year-old rock’n’roll band.” – William S. Burroughs
The Master Musicians of Jajouka became a counter-cultural icon when Brian Jones of The
Rolling Stones confessed that even he had trouble standing up to “the constant strain of the
festival” during the performances he recorded in their tiny village in the foothills of Morocco’s
Rif Mountains. Their reputation was cemented when Rolling Stones Records released Brian
Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka in 1971, and that reputation continues today
with Jajouka Live: Vol. 1, named one of the top world music albums of 2009 by The Wire.
Tradition says that Jajouka’s music was a gift from Sidi Achmed Sheik, one of the first Islamic
missionaries to visit the village and a revered saint whose tomb provides baraka, or healing
spiritual power, to the villagers. This syncretic music may also be a survival of the worship of
Pan and Astarte, and the rites of the ancient Roman Lupercalia. Each year, the goat-like Bou
Jeloud emerges from his cave above the village, lured by the beat of drums and the blare of
rhaitas (Moroccan double reed horns) to bring fertility to the village. Led by Bachir Attar, the
Master Musicians of Jajouka continue to bring this ancient tradition into the 21st century.
They’ve played all over the world, become the most recorded act in the Islamic world,
appeared in multiple films, and welcomed a host of luminaries to their village – from Ornette
Coleman and William S. Burroughs to Mick Jagger and Talvin Singh.
The Master Musicians of Jajouka became a counter-cultural icon when Brian Jones of TheRolling Stones confessed that even he had trouble standing up to “the constant strain of thefestival” during the performances he recorded in their tiny village in the foothills of Morocco’sRif Mountains. Their reputation was cemented when Rolling Stones Records released BrianJones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka in 1971, and that reputation continues todaywith Jajouka Live: Vol. 1, named one of the top world music albums of 2009 by The Wire.
Tradition says that Jajouka’s music was a gift from Sidi Achmed Sheik, one of the first Islamicmissionaries to visit the village and a revered saint whose tomb provides baraka, or healingspiritual power, to the villagers. This syncretic music may also be a survival of the worship ofPan and Astarte, and the rites of the ancient Roman Lupercalia. Each year, the goat-like BouJeloud emerges from his cave above the village, lured by the beat of drums and the blare ofrhaitas (Moroccan double reed horns) to bring fertility to the village.
Led by Bachir Attar, theMaster Musicians of Jajouka continue to bring this ancient tradition into the 21st century.They’ve played all over the world, become the most recorded act in the Islamic world,appeared in multiple films, and welcomed a host of luminaries to their village – from OrnetteColeman and William S. Burroughs to Mick Jagger and Talvin Singh.
