MAZ

BIOGRAPHY

With an official WOMEX 17 selection and 16 top Canadian award nominations, MAZ’s music has proven its category-defying appeal. In a flow of trad, jazz and electro, the Montreal based group juggles with musical creation and tradition. Their IDs are sung and danced – they speak to heart, body and soul – without losing the mind! On stage, MAZ takes you on a musical journey that renews with Quebec’s heritage, where songs and instrumentals open up to new groovy perspectives. Keyboards and electric guitar meet up with fiddle, banjo, double bass and voices, over blazing Quebecois foot tapping and electro beats. Since its beginnings, the MAZ crew have presented their concert in over a hundred performances throughout Canada, US, Mexico, Ghana and Poland.  ​​​

​MUSICIANS

• Marc Maziade (electric guitar, banjo, foot, vocals)
• David Simard / Rémi Pagé (violin, mandolin, foot, vocals)
• Roxane Beaulieu (keyboards, vocals)
• Huguo Blouin (acoustic bass, vocals)​

FROM QUEBEC - CANADA

NOMINATIONS

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ID

• ADISQ 2017 - Album of the year - Traditional music
• Canadian Folk Music Awards 2017 - World Group of the Year​

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Chasse Galerie

• ADISQ 2014 - Arranger of the year 
• ADISQ 2014 - Instrumental album of the year 
• Canadian Folk Music Awards 2014  - Pushing the Boundaries 
• Canadian Folk Music Awards 2014 - Producer of the Year
• Canadian Folk Music Awards 2014 - World Group of the Year 
• Canadian Folk Music Awards 2014 - Instrumental Group of the Year 
• GAMIQ 2014 - Roots album of the year
• Independent Music Award - World Beat album of the year  

Telescope 

• ​Juno awards 2012 - Instrumental album of the year 
• Canadian folk music awards 2011 - Instrumental group of the year
• Canadian folk music awards 2011 - Group of the year 
• Canadian folk music awards 2011 - World music album of the year
• Indie Acoustic Project 2011 - Instrumental album of the year