Hindi Zahra’s fuses funk and Jazz, Moroccan style

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To our global hit now, and today we take you to Paris by way of Morocco, or perhaps Morocco by way of Paris. Hindi Zahra’s debut mixes jazz and blues with a generous measure of Moroccan folk music and a few dashes of funk. Reporter Thomas Marzahl caught up with the singer after a concert in Berlin. (Photo: Hassan Hajjaj)

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6 comments for “Hindi Zahra’s fuses funk and Jazz, Moroccan style”

  • http://npr linda

    fabulous sound — will dash out to buy Hindi’s music TODAY.

  • Julie Burch

    Thank you for the story on Hindi Zahra. I am now completely entranced by her music. If it were not for Public Radio, I would never have known about her.

  • Vanessa

    I live in San Francisco, CA. I bounced online between French Amazon.com and the french-english dictionary website to decode exactly what I was clicking on to get her music in my hot little hands. Love her…Thanks Marco! (I only hope I clicked the right things and don’t end up getting billed $50…oh well, t’would be worth it!)

  • Deidre

    I heard this on my way to work on Sunday and completely fell in love with her sound and her voice, like Vanessa I have to figure out how to get her music and soon!–thanks npr!

  • Bea

    Her song was featured in a Western Union Ad a few months ago (at least that’s when I spotted her) and I loved the song – something about standing up on your own feet – but I didn’t know anything about the individual songstress. Thank you!

  • Thomas Marzahl

    From the reporter who produced this story from Berlin: Thanks to the listeners who liked Hindi Zahra as much as I did – in concert she is even better!

    There won’t be a physical album in the States, but a download is being made available come September… of course, if you want to pay upwards of $15 for shipping, you can also buy the physical album from Amazon in France.