Sonia Aimy: Follow TRACE from Song to Screen

A song can be an introduction to more than a discography. For this NAM Radio discovery, start with Sonia Aimy’s TRACE catalogue entry, then follow the connection between recorded music and documentary storytelling.

Why start with TRACE?

Aimy’s official biography explains that she created the title song to accompany her documentary TRACE, which premiered in February 2023. As director and executive producer, she focused the film on seven African Canadians working across fields including the arts, business and advocacy. That background offers a useful way into the song: approach it alongside the people and stories the wider project sets out to recognise. Source: Sonia Aimy’s official biography.

This is a discovery entry point, not a claim that Aimy is a debut artist. Her label describes her as a Nigerian-born, Canadian-based singer-songwriter whose work draws on Afro-jazz, Afrobeat, highlife and call-and-response traditions. Those distinctions are worth keeping in view instead of treating every African release as interchangeable. Source: Slammin Media artist profile.

A listening route from 2023 to 2026

Start with TRACE, listed by Slammin Media with a release date of 17 February 2023. The label’s page provides listening-service links; Aimy’s own biography also links to the TRACE music video. Release source and listening options.

Next, explore Light – Imole, released 14 June 2024, through the artist-linked album listening page. To bring the route forward, try Edo Matter, which the label lists as released 26 June 2026, with links to major music services. These are separate releases, not dates for the documentary or guarantees of station rotation. Source: label release listings.

Questions to take into the music

These are listening prompts, not a review based on a listening session: Where do you hear a lead voice addressing a wider group? How does seeing the video change your understanding of TRACE? Moving between releases, what feels continuous, and what changes?

Let your own listening answer those questions. The aim is to turn one catalogue discovery into a considered exploration, rather than a ranking or a prediction of future success.

For more station discovery, listen to NAM Radio and check the programme schedule. These links do not promise a particular artist’s airtime.

Editorial note: AI-assisted discovery feature by NAM Radio Discovery Desk. Sources checked on 23 September 2026. Artist and label information is paraphrased and linked; no interview, direct reporting or first-hand listening assessment is claimed.