Granada Doaba Album

Granada Doaba explores the broad roots and divergent branches of flamenco hip-hop. Inspired by the religious convivencia of Al-Andalus, the album features 16 musicians from around the world who all currently live in Granada, Spain.Spain’s history of multicultural confluence dates back to the early morning of mankind. Andalusia, the birthplace of flamenco and southernmost region of Spain, sits at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the New World. Until the Christian reconquista of Granada in 1492, southern Spain was known as Al-Andalus, a Muslim Empire that controlled Andalusia for 800 years.Flamenco is Andalusian Gypsy music and dance with a diverse history of Arab, Jewish, Indian and Afro-Latin influences. As a result of convergent paths of immigration, rhythms from around the world have come together in Andalusia, where they evolved into an indigenous musical culture: flamenco.
source: Official Website
PersonnelCanyon Cody . . . . researchGnotes . . . productionJuan Habichuela “El Nieto” . . . guitarOtman Almerabet . . . . . laúdHidetomo Nambu . . . guitarRichard Dudanski . . . drumsMel M’Rabet  . . . . . laudPaul Brundtland . . . . cajónWadih Ettabbakh . . . . guitarMohammad Dominguez . . darbukaDJ Doblegota . . . scratchJosé Carlos Cuevas . . . . . bassEneko Alberdi . . . . guitarYoussef Elmezghildi . . . . qanunMaya Yoshida . . . . . violnPete Shungu .  . trumpetValentín Murillo . . . . fluteJoaquín Sánchez . . clarinet