Ashley Maher is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has meshed the rhythmic impulses of West Africa and Latin America with Western song structures.
In London, Maher performed with an Afro-pop band for two years before making her first demo tape, featuring her intricate vocals woven with Ghanaian drumming.
She has performed extensively and opened for major world music icons like Salif Keita, Baaba Maal, Vusi Mahlasela, Orchestra Baobab, Zap Mama, and Dobet Gnahore.
Maher co-wrote a song called "Boul Bayekou" for Youssou N'Dour's 2006 Senegalese release Alsaama Day and his international CD Rokku Mi Rokka.
Maher spent September 2008 in Dakar, Senegal, recording her fifth CD, Amina, with key members of Youssou N'Dour's band, Les Super Etoiles.