AYSANABEE GOES TO THE “EDGE OF THE EARTH”
AYSANABEE GOES TO THE "EDGE OF THE EARTH"
NEW SONG RELEASED AHEAD OF FEBRUARY HEADLINE TOUR
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10 JANUARY (TORONTO, ON) - With a clear mind and a lightness of being, Aysanabee greets 2025 with a new song, “Edge Of The Earth,” ahead of his first headline tour from Ontario to Atlantic Canada. On “Edge Of The Earth,” Aysanabee travels from moment of realization to a new state of mind, charging forward to a boundless, unburdened horizon. For an artist always concerned with the workings of memory, this time it’s about the weightlessness of forgetting.
The song begins with Aysanabee’s signature fingerstyle guitar, a calling card of his sound since his debut. With its Junip-esque rhythm, “Edge Of The Earth” quickly builds, giving way to ever-expanding gusts and swells that emphasize the song’s definitive message of moving on. “This song is for anyone who has fallen in and out of love, and has come out on the other side of its reckoning,” says Aysanabee.
“Edge Of The Earth” also signals the start of a new album era for Aysanabee, with more details to be revealed in the coming months.
Aysanabee begins his first headline tour in Ontario in February, with shows across Eastern and Atlantic Canada. To celebrate this milestone and to carry forward the work of opening doors, Aysanabee has invited Indigenous artists to share the stage on each stop of the Now and Then Tour. Interested artists are encouraged to visit Aysanabee’s Instagram post here for details and to submit. The Now and Then Tour makes its way to Toronto’s Axis Club on March 21, 2025.
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Tour Dates
Sioux Lookout, ON: Sioux North High School, Feb 4
Dryden, ON: Dryden Performing Arts Centre, Feb 5
Red Lake, ON: Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Feb 6
Fort Frances, ON: Townshend Theatre, Feb 8
Atikokan, ON: Saint Patrick’s School, Feb 9
Geraldton, ON: Country Club, Feb 10
Ottawa, ON: The 27 Club, Feb 19
Montréal, QC: Le Studio TD, Feb 20
Québec, QC: Grizzly Fuzz, Feb 21
Lavaltrie, QC: Café culturel de la Chasse-galerie, Feb 22
Wolfville, NS: Festival Theatre, Mar 2
Pictou, NS: deCoste Centre, Mar 3
Truro, NS: Marigold Cultural Centre, Mar 4
Charlottetown, PE: PEI Brewing Company, Mar 7
Fredericton, NB: Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Mar 8
Moncton, MB: Tide & Boar, Mar 9
Glace Bay, NS: Savoy Theatre, Mar 12
Halifax, NS: Marquee Ballroom, Mar 13
Annapolis Royal, NS: King’s Theatre, Mar 14
Liverpool, NS: Astor Theatre, Mar 15
Guelph, ON: Sonic Hall, Mar 19
London, ON: London Music Hall, Mar 20
Toronto, ON: The Axis Club, Mar 21
About Aysanabee
Aysanabee (Ace-in-abbey) is a two-time JUNO award-winning alternative indie artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter. He is Oji-Cree, Sucker Clan of Sandy Lake First Nation, a remote fly-in community in the far reaches of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. He now calls Toronto home and began creating music under his mother’s maiden name when moments of stillness allowed him to slow down and create music that, he says, more accurately represents himself as an artist. With a swirling mix of indie, soul, and electronic sounds, and pulse-quickening fingerpicking, the music is both hypnotic and melodious.
On March 23, 2024, Aysanabee made history as the first Indigenous artist to win the JUNO Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and the coveted Songwriter of the Year, for his EP Here and Now.
With Here and Now (Oct 2023), Aysanabee moved in a new direction toward his own experiences of love’s end and his process of unflinching self-examination. His debut album, Watin (Nov 2022), named after his grandfather, includes ten tracks and nine interludes featuring the voice of his grandfather that combines music and journalism with artistry and expression.
His music has garnered an extensive list of accolades and support. In March 2023, he became the first Indigenous artist to hit Number 1 on Mediabase Canada's Alternative Rock chart and was later shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Prize. He is currently on tour in Australia with Kim Churchill and has performed over 300 shows across Canada and globally, including 2024 shows at AmericanaFestUK, Tallinn Music Week, The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, and SXSW Sydney.