Othman Wahabi - The Early Blues Tapes (2019)

Othman Wahabi is a Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and music producer who has carved out his own niche in blues. Best known for his slide guitar work, versatile vocals and eclectic records that are diversity of moods and styles.

Othman's sound is a mix made of blues, rock, roots, soul, jazz, reggae as well as other formats of musical expression.
Some of his imaginative compositions are marked by a deliberate eclecticism while other songs stay true to the traditional blues formula of compelling vocals and down-home guitar.
Creating a perfect balance between tradition and contemporary experimentation, Othman is a truly unique artist in today's music. He is also the founding member of the spiritual muslim jazz Mu'min Flow and the Co-founder of the punk reggae rap collective Raging Indigenous under the nickname of Oth L'indigene.

Born September 26, 1983 in Casablanca Morocco and based in Montreal, QC Canada since 2005.
He grew up hearing and listening to the blues, Jazz, reggae and rock & roll records that his father, a big time music lover played in the house.
Othman picked up the guitar around the age of 12 and played his first show at the age of 15 with his co founded band Keops he also fronted a short lived blues rock band called Voodoo.