Kazdoura

Kazdoura is a Toronto-based band serving Arabic fusion with a modern twist. Equal parts nostalgia and reinvention, their style is a cross-cultural blend of Eastern and Western music that blends old-world Arabic classics with jazz, funk, electro-pop, and disco. Singer Leen Hamo and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Abou Chacra founded the project in the summer of 2020, quickly finding success online, where their videos have collected more than 3 million views on TikTok. Leen is a singer and songwriter from Syria whose passion for classical Arabic music led her to collaborate with classical and contemporary artists to reinvigorate this music. Johnny is a jazz-trained rocker who jumped at the idea to learn and play songs from his Lebanese background. As Kazdoura, he and Leen fused old Arabic classics into a repertoire that has found an audience both in concert and online. In October 2021, Kazdoura released their debut single, "Wain," which received support from radio stations in North America.

Kazdoura has been performing extensively in Toronto, where they built a solid fan base.