1) An Argentine rock band. 2) A female Moroccan R&B/hip-hop vocalist. 1) Manal were an early rock group from Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of the three along with Almendra and Los Gatos dubbed the founding trilogy of rock in that country. Whereas Almendra brought an Argentine identity to the sound and Los Gatos the electric guitar, influenced by Cream Manal brought the blues to Argentina's rock conscience. Their early years where spent in regular gigs at the mythic "La Cueva" club, birthplace of the first generation of Argentine rock groups.