Camellia Boutros is a Lebanese Palestinian composer and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco. After years of experience performing with a diverse array of Arab, Balkan, and Mexican music groups on trumpet, oud, and bass, she developed a fretless 12-string electric guitar as a vehicle for composing her own brand of Arab experimental rock. Naming her instrument the “electric oud-guitar,” Camellia writes music rooted in both Arabic Maqam and the Bay Area sound, which reflects her own experience growing up between California and the Levant. A blend of rock, psychedelia, folk, jazz, hip hop, and experimentalism, her music and lyrics defy genre definition. Current band members: * Michael Morales: Drumset * Michael Booker: Tenor Saxophone * Sean Spangenberg: Electric Bass
