Jay Aymar


Jay Aymar is a Canadian singer-songwriter born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He performs over 120 shows per year at clubs, theatres and festivals primarily throughout Canada.
As an acoustic guitar player and singer, he is known for his storytelling through music. His songs cover themes central to everyday life, love, spirituality and the human condition. An English literature graduate from Carleton University in Ottawa, his songs are influenced by classic literary themes. A 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award Emerging Artist nominee,
In 2008, Canadian musician Ian Tyson recorded Aymar's composition "My Cherry Coloured Rose"— for his album ‘From Yellowhead to Yellowstone and other Love Stories'. The album received high critical praise..

Life and career

Aymar grew up as the youngest of a family of eight children in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He attended Sir James Dunn Secondary School before majoring in English literature at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he "became drunk on language and storytellers like Mark Twain and Stephen Leacock."
After graduating, he began a series of jobs which included freelance writing and various sales positions.
Once discovered, the CBC produced his very first demos in 1993.
He released his first studio album Howling at the Moon in 1996 and has since released five more studio albums and one live album.
In 2008 Aymar's song "My Cherry Coloured Rose" was recorded by Ian Tyson.
Aymar released his sixth studio album, Your Perfect Matador, with producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda on October 12, 2018. The album took inspiration from a woman Aymar dated from New Brunswick, who he called the "Fundy Maiden." He described the 9-tracks as if "You're kind of eavesdropping on a conversation between a man and a woman. It's thematically cohesive from start to finish. It plays out like a story."

Discography