Ayrad fuses the talents of musicians hailing from different backgrounds: singer, guitarist and composer of Moroccan origin Hamza Abouabdelmajid, Annick Beauvais (oboe, vocals), Anit Ghosh (violin), Sylvain Plante (drums) and Gabriel Lajoie (bass, keyboard), Marton Maderspach (percussions). Integrating rock and pop sounds, their recent album III explores different genres such as electro, Gypsy funk, desert rock, raï, Reggada, chaâbi and even Latin grooves. Their homonymous album (2014) and Zoubida (2018) have collected many awards (ADISQ, OPUS, Canadian Folk Music Awards) and mentions (JUNOS) and have allowed the group to perform concerts across Canada and abroad (Scotland, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, USA).

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