Bab L'Bluz
Moroccan-French power quartet electrifying Gnawa trance-blues, with hypnotic guembri grooves plugged in and turned up into full-band psychedelic ecstasy.
No upcoming festival or tour dates for Bab L'Bluz on LineupScout yet. This page updates when a festival we track books Bab L'Bluz.
Played before (1)
About Bab L'Bluz
Bab L'Bluz is a quartet formed between Morocco and France, fronted by singer and guembri player Yousra Mansour alongside French multi-instrumentalist Brice Bottin. The group takes the repertoire and trance rhythms of Gnawa music and plays them through amplified guembri and awisha, drums and rock dynamics, with vocals in Moroccan Darija, Arabic and French.
Their music draws openly on the North African tradition of Nayda as well as on psychedelic rock and blues, and Mansour's presence as a woman leading a guembri-based band is unusual in a tradition historically dominated by male maâlems. Live, the sets are built around long, repetitive grooves that build in intensity.
Gnawa rock
Listen
More like Bab L'Bluz
Sounds like
Questions about Bab L'Bluz
Where is Bab L'Bluz from?
Bab L'Bluz is from Marrakech, MA / Lyon, France.
What kind of music does Bab L'Bluz play?
Bab L'Bluz plays Gnawa rock.
What festivals has Bab L'Bluz played before?
Bab L'Bluz has played End of the Road 2026.