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Date: 25-07-'10 Venue: Gentse feesten, Gent, Belgium
Date: 30-07-'10 Venue: Al Hoceima festival, Morocco
Date: 04-09-'10 Venue: Oisterwijk Swingt, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
Date: 05-09-'10 Venue: Bruis, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Date: 10-09-'10 Venue: Nationaal suikerfeest, NPS TV, The Netherlands
Date: 11-09-'10 Venue: Martbazar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date: 18-09-'10 Venue: Het noord ontspoort, Antwerp, Belgium
Date: 26-09-'10 Venue: Regenboogfestival, Geldrop, The Netherlands
Date: 30-09-'10 Venue: Podium Boxtel, Boxtel, The Netherlands
Date: 31-10-'10 Venue: Beauforthuis, Austerlitz, The Netherlands
Spring 2011: Venue: Studium Generale, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
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Review: Kasba @ Mano Mundo |
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(May 10, 2010) In 2009 uitgeroepen tot beste wereldmuziekgroep in Nederland Kasba vulde de weide met Marokkaanse geluiden en positieve energie. Hoewel het merendeel van de band uit Nederlanders bestond, konden deze perfect de Marokkaanse teksten meezingen en Noord-Afrikaanse ritmes voortstuwen. Zelf omschrijven ze hun sound als raï en gnawa doorspekt met rock en reggae. Ook al je verstond ja vaak niet wat frontman Sami Al Ghouzli zong, aanstekelijk was het echter wel. Opmerkelijk was de grote hoeveelheid Noord-Afrikaanse jongeren met hoog opgezette petjes en liters gel in hun haar die zich aan de linkerzijde van het podium had verzameld. Bij sommige nummers zongen zij vlekkeloos de tekst mee terwijl ze euforisch in cirkels dansten. Dat kwam naar de groep zeer positief over: de zanger kon zijn trotse glimlach niet verbergen. Wat betreft de rechterzijde van de weide: ‘Jullie krijgen ondertiteling’, lachte Al Ghouzli hen toe. Dit mag niet verbazen. In Marokko zijn ze mede door hun tv-optreden voor 23 miljoen kijkers en hun nummer 1-hit bekender dan in Nederland. Multiculturalisme ten top! (****) 
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KASBA nominated for best worldmusic group in the Netherlands! |
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(December 8th, 2009)
Kasba has been nominated together with Fernando Lamireinhas and Boi Akih for the Global Act Award for the leading and most succesfull worldmusicgroup in The Netherlands and abroad. The nominees were selected by a professionals in the world music circuit. The 11th of december the winner is being presented in Rasa, Utrecht. The jury made a selection on criteria of being succesful and leading during a longer period in the field of worldmusic in The Netherlands and Abroad.
More information on the award: www.mcn.nl
Meer information on Kasba: www.kasba.nl / www.myspace.com/kasbamusic |
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Kasba new acoustic album: "Darna" |
(March 19, 2009)
The group Kasba returns with their new album entitled Darna to the acoustic roots of North African music. With Darna, what means “my house, Kasba brings old compositions of the group in a fresh and existing way using exclusively acoustic instruments. Compared to earlier recordings of the group in an electric setting the compositions on Darna are played with more dynamics and with more focus on improvisation. The album contains both energetic and lively work as well as more introvert tracks. The lyrics concern personal matters in the lives of the Kasba musicians. In the track “Nabki” the group brings a thought to the drummer of the band that died in the 90’s because of a car crash and in “Hay Manou” the feeling of homesickness of the leadsinger to his roots in Morocco is expressed. In “Nabina” the group is sending a message out to make people think over the borders of race, culture and religion. This call is been given extra strength due to the cooperation of Indian singer and writer Raj Mohan and the Ethiopian singer Helen Tessema of Afrisinia. |  |
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