"Gracias a la vida" (Spanish for "Thanks to life") is a song composed and first performed by Chilean musician Violeta Parra, one of the artists who set the basis for the movement known as Nueva Canción. Parra composed "Gracias a la vida" in La Paz in 1966.[1] It was released on Las Últimas Composiciones, the last album Parra published before committing suicide in 1967. The song is one of Parra's most renowned. It is performed throughout the world and remains one of the most covered Latin American songs in history. It was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.[2]

Gracias a la vida

Gracias a la vida- cover Ahmed Almakari

une chanson originale dédié a tout ceux qui connaissaient Mohcine bnohoud...

Quand On Perd Un Ami

El Arriero

My acoustic guitar cover of my favorite Michael Jackson song 'Billie Jean' .

Billie Jean (Acoustic Cover)

A famous french poem from my school days which I decided to turn into a song! written by surrealist french poet and writer Philippe Soupault.

Etrange Voyageur (Un Poeme De Philippe Soupault)

A folk song from Western Sahara I recorded in my home studio doing  vocals and playing all instruments using the following :
- Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar.
- Epiphone Special II electric guitar.
- Greg Benett acoustic bass.
- Rode NTR ribbon microphone.
- Percussion plugin.
- Shaker.
- Logic Pro X DAW.
- Focusrite Sapphire Pro 40 Audio Interface.

Zwayn Zwayn

Zwayn Zwayn (Studio Version)

The Boy

My acoustic cover of the rolling Stones' "Waiting On A friend".
Done with a dynamic microphone on vocals (Sure SM58) and a small diaphragm condenser microphone on acoustic guitar- I used my "Melodia" a Gibson J-45. The track is mastered by LANDR.

Waiting On A friend

Waiting On A Friend (The Rolling Stones Cover)

My cover of this beautiful tracy chapman classic "Talking About Revolution" from her first album "Fast Car"...

Talking About Revolution

Talking About Revolution (Tracy Chapman Cover)

A humble cover of the famous Pink Floyd tune "Wish You Were Here" recorded at my place in 2013 with my great friend Tufan on guitar and vocals and myself on guitar and guitar solo...

Wish You Were Here Cover

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover)

Lahi Eytam Saw Ala Saw

One love-(Bob Marley Cover)

Ment Lajwad

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Me and my brother Ahmed worked on this beautiful Irish song...

Viva La Quinta Brigada (C.Moore Cover)

Living Next Door To Alice

A new version of one of my original songs.

Laayoune

Essaw (The Bad Guy)

"Where words fail, music speaks."
 love music of many kinds and in all languages since an early age. I write my lyrics , compose my own songs and do covers of my favourite songs from time to time. I play guitar , Ukelele , Bass , Keyboard , and Harmonica . All my recordings are done with Apple's Logic Pro X and Garageband DAWS (recording softwares)and in the comfort of my home . Hope you like what you hear and please leave a comment . :)

Hafed Almakari

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