Chakourah | "lotusland"

Born to a musician and raised as a backstage and studio baby, Alecia Chakour aka Chakourah spent her formative years soaking up the magic of many of the architects of rock and rhythm and blues, as well as her family’s deep well of musical traditions. It was in these spaces that her passion for exploration, community, harmony and texture developed that shines so vividly in her work today, as illustrated through her vast catalogue of live and recording credits (most recently with artists such as Kevin Morby, Gary Clark Jr., Danger Mouse & Karen O, Michael Kiwanuka, Lettuce, Mark Ronson and the Menahan Street Band).

Running at 22 minutes, her forthcoming EP, lotusland, is a lush, dreamy and playful exploration of grief, rebirth and beginning again. Equal parts psychedelic folk and avant-soul, the EP honors, but never replicates, life-long influences as wide-ranging as Marc Bolan, Junie Morrison, Fairuz and the Muppets.

Joining the Chakour siblings and rounding out the band on this record are frequent collaborators and an all-star extended family: Homer Steinwess on drums and Sam Cohen on guitar, with special appearances from Jared Samuel on organ, Cochemea Gastelum on saxophone and flute, and Alecia and Alex’s father Mitch Chakour on piano.