THEY'VE been described as the world's only 4000-year-old rock band... and they're headed to MONA (the Museum of Old and New Art) near Hobart for a very special performance on August 17.
The Master Musicians of Jajouka, play a hypnotic mix of folk, ancient and contemporary pieces on traditional instruments.
Passed down through generations and perfected over a lifetime, their mastery of sacred melodies and rhythms are revered through their native land.
Jajouka is an ancient mountain village in the northern hills of Morocco, and Attar and his ensemble are the custodians of the millennia-old practice - one of the oldest musical traditions in the world.
Global recognition of the group came in 1968, when Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones recorded with them. Twenty years later, the Stones returned to Jajouka to record Continental Drift (1989).
There will also be a two-course Moroccan feast.
