Mariya Stokes

On this episode I chat with a new artist Mariya stokes from Alberta Canada

www.mariyastokes.com

With the digital release of her debut single, "Hands on My Body" (February 2019), Calgary based Mariya Stokes introduces herself with a simple, sexy anthem that blurs the lines between country and pop with edgy lyrics and an R&B inspired groove. Produced by Spencer Cheyne (Brett Kissel, Jocelyn Alice) and Justin Kudding (Brett Kissel, Leaving Thomas), at OCL studios (Calgary), this quirky, sex-positive anthem features Stokes unapologetically asking for what she wants, and she hopes the song empowers and inspires other women to do the same. 

“I’m so proud of this song and what it says to women everywhere. It’s about owning your body and choices. We’re taught how to say ‘no’, but I think it’s important to know what an enthusiastic ‘HECK, YES’ looks like too, and that there’s no shame in that,” says Stokes. “I hope when people hear this, it makes them feel empowered to ask for what they want and to groove along."

 

Mariya Stokes - Biography

If Kacey Musgraves and Meghan Trainor had a country-soul love-child, the result would be Mariya Stokes. Growing up in the small town of Stavely, Alberta an hour south of Calgary, Stokes was raised in her parents' small-town bar, and at eight years old was sneaking in on Friday afternoons to sing with the local jam band. She has been pursuing music ever since; the past year of her career was packed full of shows including opening for multiple-JUNO award winner, Jann Arden at the Palace Theatre in Calgary, and playing stages such as Rogers Hometown Hockey Lethbridge, Country Thunder Alberta, and the Coca-Cola Stage at Calgary Stampede. She is a 2019 and 2018 top-12 Project WILD finisher, a country focused artist development program run by WILD 95.3 FM (Calgary). In May 2019, Stokes was also one of three artists selected to work with 19-time CCMA winner Terri Clark at the National Music Centre during their RBC Master in Residence program. Stokes cares deeply about her community and has volunteered at the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre on multiple songwriting and performance projects over the past five years, including planning and executing two coat drives for the shelter.

 

Mariya Stokes - Social Media

Instagram: 4,450 Followers

Facebook: 3,860 Likes

Twitter: 508 Followers

YouTube: 150 Subscribers

Spotify: 205 Followers, 2,800 Monthly Listeners