is down to
Schultz’s decision to approach the music the other way around.
Moroccan-American singer Abir is challenging perceptions of the region with her work. Courtesy Lara Khoury
“A lot of times what happens is that an artist will try to replicate the Arabic sound with western instruments,” Abir
says. “What me
and Mick did was the opposite. We used instruments from the region to replicate
western instruments. So instead of a snare drum, we would use Moroccan percussion. So the whole process for us was like a puzzle in trying to find out which instruments fit,
and that was a lot of fun.”