Innov Gnawa hosted a guest show on 17 June 2021. Innov Gnawa has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 18 October 2015.

Innov Gnawa is a New York City-based Grammy nominated group led by Ma’alem Hassan Ben Jaafer (sintir, tbal, vocals). The title, Ma'alem, denoting Ben Jaafer's ancestral heritage in the musical tradition, which is passed down through generations within his family in Morocco. Innov Gnawa is completed by Amino Belyamani (chorus, qraqeb, piano), Ahmed Jeriouda (chorus, qraqeb, cajon), Nawfal Atiq (chorus, qraqeb), and other guest collaborators.