is fast establishing himself as a major force in the music scene today.

Born and raised in Morocco, a country rich in musical traditions, Brahim grew up surrounded by North African, Gnawa, Berber, Arabic and Andulusian music. By 16 he was playing guitar at weddings and parties in Casablanca, becoming a significant contributor to the development of a new style of Moroccan pop that took hold in the early 80s.

Greatly influenced by the Iraqi musician, Munir Bechir, Brahim began playing oud, an instrument also played by Brahim's older brother.

Brahim's oud style, whether he's playing folkloric Berber songs, beautifully complex and soulful Arabic music, or the fusion of jazz, samba, reggae or Indian, reveals his openness to all music and appreciation of all people and cultures.

When Brahim arrived in New York City in the late 80s and picked up a doumbek (a traditional North African/Middle Eastern drum), he discovered in himself a natural talent with percussion instruments that seems to know no bounds.

A remarkably creative and diverse musician, Brahim takes the doumbek to new levels, expressing the rhythmic complexities of a drum set with this one instrument. He alternately blends and contrasts rhythms while at the same time keeping his listeners and fellow musicians rhythmically secure.