Bab L’ Bluz KEXP Session

During their North American tour in July 2024, Bab L' Bluz visited the studios of KEXP in Seattle to record a live session.

The session is now available to hear on the KEXP website or download as a podcast.

For the live session Bab L’ Bluz – Yousra Mansour, Brice Bottin, Ibrahim Terkemani and Mehdi Chaib – played four songs: Ila Mata, Imazighen, IWAIWA FUNK and AmmA.

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All photos from the session at KEXP by Brady Harvey.

  • Swaken

    Bab L’ Bluz

    Released 10 May 2024

    Welcome to the world of Swaken, the second album by French-Moroccan power quartet, Bab L' Bluz. Recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England, written partly in Morocco — the birthplace of frontwoman Yousra Mansour — and mostly across a world tour that took them from Adelaide, Barcelona and New York to Essaouira in Morocco, Lomé in Togo and Dougga in Tunisia. Eleven tracks that spark and pulse with kinetic, pedal-to-the-metal energy.

By Online Editor

Published on Fri, 25 October 24

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