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Cedar & Soil consists of multi-instrumentalist and producer George Abi-Hanna and likeminded musicians.
George was born in Lebanon during the civil war (1980), causing him and his family to migrate to Gambia, West Africa where his grandparents lived. He discovered music through his parent’s record collection; listening to everything from The Beatles and Pink Floyd to Fairuz.
Cedar & Soil was created in 2005 with George writing the music and playing most instruments on the first release “Radio Beast.” The music is recorded on portable equipment traveling between different locations to meet with musicians.
By 2011, hours of traveling and interchanging locale generated “Foreign Mansions,” a brew of overlapping border-crossing melodies recorded in Brooklyn, Harlem, Beirut and Akkar. The indie rock inspired style incorporates English and Arabic lyrics backed by Middle Eastern and Haitian percussion.
Other Releases:
Radio Beast