On the heels of winning CBC’s Searchlight 2024 contest, Maggie Andrew is set to perform at the Sommo Festival in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island on Saturday, September 14, 2024.
After playing the headline slot to close out the Amazon Music Sandbar Stage at Sommo, Maggie will head directly to Toronto to participate in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class.
SWOMP caught up with Maggie on Day #1 of the festival on Friday, September 13, 2024 for an interview.
Listen, below:
A rising star, Canadian singer-songwriter Maggie Andrew draws together a melange of influences in her lavish, innovative (s)alt-pop, fusing the likes of irreverent punk, melodic rap, simmering R&B, and fang-bearing indie rock.
She cut her teeth working a number of years in LA with artists and producers like Blackbear, Ash Riser (Kendrick Lamar, AB-Soul), Doc McKinney (The Weeknd, Drake), and YetiBeats (Doja Cat, SZA), and has been covered in Rolling Stone, Billboard, and AltPress.
She’s amassed over 6+ million streams globally and has been roundly recognized for her work, winning the 2024 ECMA African Canadian Artist of the Year award, being a 2023 CBC Searchlight Top 10 Finalist and winning the SOCAN x Sirius XM Young Canadian Songwriters Award in 2021. 2024 performances include JUNOfest (NS), the East Coast Music Awards show (PE), The Great Escape (UK), Sound of Music Festival (ON), Canada Day in Trafalgar Square (UK) and Sommo Festival (PE).
Follow Maggie at https://www.maggiedandrew.com/.