Mah Moud releases debut album abdalla

Mah Moud is an emerging Toronto-born and bred artist raised by Eritrean refugee parents, so the feeling of diaspora immediately becomes a central tenet of Mah Moud’s lived experience and artistic expression. With his first project MABA (released in May 2018) Mah Moud drew a map of geographical dislocation. Starting in Gezabanda, Eritrea, the tale mirrors that of his parent’s refugee journey: to Khartoum, Cairo, and to the settler-colonial state of Kanata (Canada). On his debut album Adballa, he explores the complexities that exist in beginning to self actualize an identity. Through a deep and disciplined study of the years between 1997-2015, Mah Moud tells the tale of an individual tracing back every single fundamental moment that has gone into establishing an identity. With a unique style that straddles the worlds of alternative, indie-folk, soul and jazz, Mah Moud bridges stylistic and cultural gaps that cultivate a truly new experience.