Humanitarian tour a Success Maya Azucena was invited by the U.S. Embassy in Lesotho AFRICA to do a tour in celebration of 50 years of Independence, and 50 Years of Partnership with the United States. Maya’s tour resulted in rousing concerts including one for the King and Queen of Lesotho, at U.S. Ambassador’s house. Her […]
Maya with Gibonni Maya has a famous collaboration with Croatian rockstar, Gibonni. Many may not know, she’s been invited to Former-Yugoslavia countries more than 40 times with Gibonni, and has appeared on stage with him at more than 100 concerts, as his special guest. In most cases, the audience is 10,000 or more in number. […]
RUSSIA TOUR – November 2016 Russia Maya returned to Russia to join the talented Oleg Butman Trio on a 10-venue tour of the country. This was Maya’s 8th visit to Russia, backed by Oleg Butman Trio. In their recent 10 days tour, they traveled more than 10,000 miles within the country including the island of […]
In July, Maya went to New Orleans as part of one of the best festivals in the country, the Essence Festival! She joined the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, Reverend Al Sharpton, Misty Copeland, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, MTV’s Todrick Hall and others on the Essence Empowerment Experience Stage. Performing songs from her […]
On June 29th, Maya joined nearly 3000 world renowned change-makers as both speaker and performer at the 2016 Points of Light’s Conference on Volunteering and Service in Detroit. It is the largest service-related convening of nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders in the world. Each year, thousands of people who really care about the future […]
Maya returns to Russia on all-star lineup. On July 11th, Maya returned to Russia to celebrate the 50th birthday extravaganza of jazz musician drummer-composer Oleg Butman. She joined an all-star lineup of players including Igor Butman (Sax), RANDY BRECKER (trumpet), Natalia Smirnov-Butman (Vocal / piano), and LEON FOSTER Thomas (steel pan) at the prestigious Svetlanovskiy […]
Spring 2016 brings great press for Maya’s recent single releases and appearances. Stand out feature articles in Pop Wrapped, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Blavity, and Pancakes&Whiskey Read here: POP WRAPPED PANCAKES & WHISKEY “Maya Azucena Brings A Musical Revolution” – BuzzFeed “Catchy. Deep. And Mighty.” – IndependentArtistBuzz
“Travels in Music” podcast Hosted by Zachary Stockill, “Maya Azucena shares a cross-continental story of song and survival. Every artist has a unique and compelling story to tell, but after our conversation, I would argue that Maya’s story is more compelling than most.” LISTEN: TRAVELS IN MUSIC
“The Creative Life” podcast Hosted by James Taylor: “Maya tells us about her new album, which took 2 years to create and releasing the new single. She shares with us how singing chose her and having music as her superpower. Maya also talks about pursuing music as a calling and helping the world.” LISTEN: THE […]
In April Maya headlined Target First Saturdays at the legendary Brooklyn Museum. Maya introduced some of her brand new music as well as a bunch of “classics”. First Saturdays are extremely popular all-day events with Art, Panels, Activities and Music.