Árabe (AH-rah-beh) is a GRAMMY® Nominated book and album about Syrian and Mexican shared history and culture, and covers everything from food, gambling, and evil eyes, to immigration law, biracial identity, and the fraught relationship between immigrant entrepreneurship and workers’ rights. Each digital download is accompanied by 60 pages of essays with the history and stories behind each track.
 
Each book includes Árabe on vinyl, essays for each track, and restored family and historical photos over 60 pages. The end paper design features a tile pattern which is a nod to both the Ottoman Era Damascus tile and Telavera Mexican tile styles with illustrations of native Chihuahuan desert plants.

The art book was designed by Amanda Ekery and Ross Wightman. The cover image, also taken by Ross Wightman, features Amanda in front of El Paso’s mountain range wearing Lucchese boots made in El Paso the “Boot Capital of the World.” The art books were printed in Mexico City by Nocaut, and the vinyl was pressed at Physical Music Products in Nashville, TN.

Songs:

1. Sky Rooted
2. Yenobak Eih
3. To Give
4. Three Days
5. Between
6. Stitching
7. Double Faced
8. Lucky
9. Evil Eye
10. La Cucaracha
11. Proud To Be
12. Without You

-Amanda Ekery: Vocals, Compositions, and Essays, Andrew Boudreau: Piano, Felt Piano, and Accordion, Emily Johnson-Erday: Mandolin, Jhoely Garay: Guitar, Hannah Marks: Bass, Jess Tsang: Percussion

-Produced by Bobby Lane, Recorded by Jennifer Nulsen at Figure 8 Studio. Brooklyn NY, Mixed by Jennifer Nulsen, Mastered by Bobbi Giel at Welcome to 1979. Nashville, TN

-Art Direction: Ross Wightman, Album Design: Ross Wightman & Amanda Ekery

-All music and lyrics by Amanda Ekery except traditional tracks: Yenobak Eih arranged by Amanda Ekery, La Cucaracha arranged by Amanda Ekery

-All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Copyright ℗© 2025 Hey Lu! ASCAP

-Árabe is funded in part by the Pathways to Jazz Grant, a donor advised fund of the Boulder County Arts Alliance, New Music USA, the Jerome Foundation, the National Performance Network, and with support from The New York City Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts.

• Released May 9, 2025
• Edition of 250