In late 2018, Richard Gannaway, our co-founder, travelled 6000 miles from his hometown in Asheville, North Carolina to Abakan, Siberia, where these beautiful children, students at the renowned Kenel Music School sang their hearts out for “Nashu”, the opening track on our spring 2021 release, Kutumba.
The trip to Siberia was coordinated by longtime AO collaborator, Siberian multi-instrumentalist and composer Nadishana (centre left in the image) who grew up just a few miles from Abakan. Without him the trip would not have been possible. Nadishana performed on our two previous releases, Asha and Hokulea, and it was an honour to work with him again.
We’re pleased to share with you the news that AO Music has signed with Toronto based record label Abbeywood Records. We’re excited to be a part of the Abbeywood Records roster and look forward to working with their team. Abbeywood will be releasing our new album this coming April and will represent our first four albums as well. We’ll be revealing information about our new album in the coming days, so stay tuned!