INTERLOCUTOR Interviews
INTERLOCUTOR Interviews
Tyler Nesler
Amanda Ekery on her new album Árabe, an exploration of Syrian and Mexican shared history and culture
28 minutes Posted May 14, 2025 at 1:07 am.
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Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Amanda Ekery collaborates with everyone, literally. Historians, artists, engineers, bakers, you name it. Amanda works with all to create projects that invite others to explore and share their stories. She weaves her experience in improvisatory creative music, research, and jazz into her compositions, workshops, and performances.  


Her new album, Árabe, is about Syrian and Mexican shared history and culture, and covers everything from food, gambling, and evil eyes, to immigration law, biracial identity, and the fraught relationship between immigrant entrepreneurship and workers’ rights. The vinyl release also includes an art book which contains essays for each track, and restored family and historical photos.

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