Welcome to the site of Nat Hulskamp, a versatile acoustic guitarist and oud player living in Portland, OR. His music combines his background in flamenco guitar with elements of jazz, bossa nova, and Middle Eastern music.NEWS- Seffarine (Nat's group founded with singer Lamiae Naki) has released their new CD, recorded in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain in collaboration with some of the greats of flamenco, such as Diego del Morao, Tomasa La Macanita and Luís de Periquín!click here to BUY THE CD click here to read an article about the project in Spanish newspaper La Voz del Sur About Nat:Nat was born in Portland, OR. He began studying guitar with guitarist/composer Paul Chasman at age seventeen. He was soon introduced to flamenco guitar by Jose Solano. His interest in the influence of Arabic music on flamenco led him to study oud in Morocco. After returning to the US, he moved to Seattle to study ethnomusicology at the University of Washington. There he worked with the groups Carmona Flamenco, The Rez Quartet and others ranging in style from Hungarian Csardas and Gypsy swing to flamenco. In 2000 he co-founded the Vancouver, BC based Arabic/ flamenco group Aire with ney player and singer Emad Armoush.
