Al Andaluz Project
The Songs Of Imam Kandoussi
The Al Andaluz Project group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a concert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With the aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013 and played numerous concerts and festivals throughout Europe. The three singers Sigrid Hausen, Mara Aranda and Iman Kandoussi, each representing one of the three cultures, were always at the centre of the music. The Songs of Iman Kandoussi is now the first thematic compilation of the repertoire of this extraordinary band, which focuses on the Arabo-Andalusian repertoire and centres around the Moroccan singer.