About me
Evelyn Donají and Camellia Boutros, folk musicians in the diasporic musical traditions of Veracruz and Palestine respectively, come together to offer a modern and Mission-based interpretation of Son Jarocho. In performing with the Arabic oud and the jarana Jarocha, the duo highlight a double-resonance: Son Jarocho musical tradition carries Arab musical roots while Arabic and Mexican culture find modern collaboration in the San Francisco Bay Area, where diasporic communities live together, influence each other, and find solidarity in similar political struggles. The full sound of this exploration, which includes zapateado, can be heard with their band Corazón de Cedro.