Seffarine | Moroccan Crossroads Ensemble
"Seffarine's music can melt the coldest hearts." - Chicago Reader
At a momentous first meeting at a coffee shop in Fez, Moroccan vocalist Lamiae Naki and multi-instrumentalist Nat Hulskamp composed their first song and decided to get married. Brought together by their deep knowledge of the music of both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar Spanish flamenco and Moroccan Arabic music, they created Seffarine.
Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Fez, which is famous for the complex rhythms that ring out from the blacksmiths' hammers, and where Lamiae's family is well known as masters of the tradition. Seffarine's music embraces and extends Morocco's musical collision between Arabic, Iberian, and West African cultures, forging vibrant original music deeply rooted in their backgrounds in flamenco guitar, oud, and Arab Andalusian music.
