Ayrad

Ayrad
Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres world music, Moroccan music
Members Hamza Abouabdelmajid
Annick Beauvais
Gabriel Brochu-Lajoie
Anit Ghosh
Kattam Laraki-Côté
Bertil Schulrabe

Ayrad is a Canadian world music group from Montreal, who play a modern spin on traditional Moroccan music.[1] Led by vocalist Hamza Abouabdelmajid, band members include Annick Beauvais on oboe, bass and reita; Gabriel Brochu-Lajoie on bass and double bass; Anit Ghosh on violin; Kattam Laraki-Côté on percussion; and Bertil Schulrabe on drums.[1]

The band's self-titled debut album, released in 2014,[1] was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.[2]

Discography

  • Ayrad (2014)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ayrad brings hybrid sound to The Boathouse". The Record, April 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "New band Magic nabs five Juno nominations"]. The Telegraph Journal, January 29, 2015.


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