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Hassan Hakmoun () (b. 1963 in Marrakech) is a Los Angeles-based Moroccan
Gnawa musician.
Early life Hakmoun was born to a family of musicians[LINK:
http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?285] The gnawa-globetrotter -
culturebase.net who introduced him to the musical world of the Gnawa. By
age four, he performed alongside snake charmers and fire-breathers on
Marrakech streets. His mother is known throughout the city as a mystic
healer. At the age of fourteen he left school to concentrate on
music.[LINK:
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=1201]
Biography of Hassan Hakmoun - worldmusiccentral.org
Career Hakmoun's U.S. debut was in 1987 at Lincoln Center with the band
Trio Gna & Nomadas Dance Group. He later resided in New York City before
moving to Los Angeles. The
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