New song released on Canadian Label Ishkōdé Records via Civilians.
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. The single is out now via Ishkōdé Records / Civilians.
Following his performances at Woodford Folk Festival and a bunch of Tasmanian dates supporting Kim Churchill, Aysanabee finishes up his AUS run with shows in Northern NSW week.
February will see Aysanabee begin 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. See below for all dates:
Australian dates:
Jan 17 – Coffs Harbour, NSW – Jetty Beach House**
Jan 18 – Evans Head, NSW – Backyard Sessions* (w/ Kim Churchill)
Jan 19 – Forresters Beach, NSW – The Recky**
Canadian dates:
Feb 4 – Sioux Lookout, ON- Sioux North High School
Feb 5 – Dryden, ON- Dryden Performing Arts Centre
Feb 6 – Red Lake, ON- Royal Canadian Legion Hall
Feb 8 – Fort Frances, ON- Townshend Theatre
Feb 9 – Atikokan, ON- Saint Patrick’s School
Feb 10 – Geraldton, ON- Country Club
Feb 19 – Ottawa, ON- The 27 Club 02/20 Montréal, QC- Le Studio TD
Feb 21 – Québec, QC- Grizzly Fuzz
Feb 22 – Lavaltrie, QC- Café culturel de la Chasse-galerie
Mar 2 – Wolfville, NS- Festival Theatre
Mar 3 – Pictou, NS- deCoste Centre
Mar 4 – Truro, NS- Marigold Cultural Centre
Mar 7 – Charlottetown, PE- PEI Brewing Company
Mar 8 – Fredericton, NB- Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Mar 9 – Moncton, NB- Tide & Boar
Mar 12 – Glace Bay, NS- Savoy Theatre
Mar 13 – Halifax, NS- Marquee Ballroom
Mar 14 – Annapolis Royal, NS- King’s Theatre
Mar 15 – Liverpool, NS- Astor Theatre
Mar 19 – Guelph, ON- Sonic Hall
Mar 20 – London, ON- London Music Hall
Mar 21 – Toronto, ON- The Axis Club
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.
