Mas Aya

Montreal's Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival Details 2022 Edition

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2022

Montreal's Suoni Per Il Popolo is returning to action in its home city this month, and organizers have detailed over 40 live shows, book la...

Purple City Music Festival Gets !!!, Shannon and the Clams, Basement Revolver, Dilly Dally for 2022 Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2022

Founded in 2013, Edmonton's Purple City Music Festival (formerly Up + Downtown) is a forward-thinking festival for the future — and the fut...

The Sound of October 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases

PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2021

October is typically spooky season, but this month's essential new releases are anything but — they're warm and inviting, traversing the sp...

Mas Aya's 'Máscaras' Is a Rewarding Sonic Revolution

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021

How do you touch the present? That might have been the single question guiding Brandon Valdivia's newest Mas Aya record, Máscaras ("Masks")...

Mas Aya Details New Album 'Máscaras'

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2021

Mas Aya — the prolific Toronto-based producer/percussionist and collaborator to U.S. Girls, Sandro Perri and Sook-Yin Lee — has announced p...

Stream Witch Prophet's New Album 'DNA Activation'

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

While a release show planned for next month was ultimately postponed, Witch Prophet's new album DNA Activation has arrived nonetheless, and...

Mas Aya

Megaphono, Gatineau QC, February 8

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2018

The music that Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Brandon Valdivia makes as Mas Aya carries strong messages, exploring themes of Indigenou...

Mas Aya

Nikan

PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2017

The word "nikan" exists in a variety of cultures around the world: to the Yoruba people of Africa (and Cuba) it means "alone," and to the P...