August 4, 2009 - Granada, Spain, is the setting of the new album Granada Doaba, an improvised mix of flamenco, Andalusian and hip-hop music from ethnomusicologist and musician Canyon Cody. Its 14 tracks were performed, recorded and mixed in Cody's makeshift studio above a flamenco guitar shop in Granada, as he studied the multicultural history of the region on a Fulbright scholarship. Cody recently spoke with NPR's Madeleine Brand about his album's musical, historical and social undercurrents...
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