Mónica Giraldo

Artist Information

Biography

**Latin Grammy nominee for Best New Artist 2008**

"Billboard Latin Music Conference Winner Monica Giraldo Gets in Touch with the world."

Monica Giraldo didn't realize the showcase she had just performed at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami was a competition. Until she won. "I felt very comfortable, and suddenly I realized at the end when everybody had donde their showcase that they wanted us back onstage," the Colombian singer/songwriter says. "Suddenly my name came up, and I was like, What?..."

But her victory at the "We hear the Future" contest came after a concerted effort by Giraldo and her Colombian indie lable, Watts Up/Codiscos, to expose her internationally.

"Colombia is a country full of rythms and cultural influences, says Giraldo, who plays guitar and percusision including the traditional alegre drum, "But Berklee offered the possibility of getting me in touch with popular music from around the world."

Billboard article by: Ayala Ben - Yehuda

About Monica:

The sound you will listen to in Monica's music is Latin/Acoustic. It combines the warmth of the double bass and percussion, the brightness of guitars and trumpet and the intimacy and power of Monica's voice.

Her new album "Todo da Vueltas" is a new voice for Latin American Popular Music. It features songs that will take you through different stories, melodies and rhythms.

Monica's musical background began at a very early age through her family's musical tradition. After developing a career as a singer in her native Colombia, she was awarded a scholarship in 1999 to enroll in Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied Performance and Songwriting. After five years in Boston performing, and recording her first album, Monica returned to Bogotá, where she is collaborating with renowned musicians from Colombia’s musical scene.

Instrumentation

Monica / Voice & Guitar
Diego Valdes / Double Bass
Mauricio Pantoja / Guitar
Urian Sarmiento / Percusion
Andrea de Francisco / Back Vocals
Orlando Barreda / Trumpet

Discography

Todo da Vueltas / 2008
Muy Cerca / 2006
Monica Giraldo / 2002

Official Website

http://www.monicagiraldo.com

Links

• MySpace
• MySpace

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Press

• COLOMBIAN SURPRISE AT BILLBOARD [+ Show ]
  

  Billboard Latin Music Conference Winner Monica Giraldo Gets in Touch with the world. Monica Giral...Billboard Latin Music Conference Winner Monica Giraldo Gets in Touch with the world.
  
  Monica Giraldo didn't realize the showcase she had just performed at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami was a competition. Until she won. "I felt very comfortable, and suddenly I realized at the end when everybody had donde their showcase that they wanted us back onstage," the Colombian singer/songwriter says. "Suddenly my name came up, and I was like, What?..."
  
  But her victory at the "We hear the Future" contest came after a concerted effort by Giraldo and her Colombian indie lable, Watts Up/Codiscos, to expose her internationally.
  
  "Colombia is a country full of rythms and cultural influences, says giraldo, who plays guitar and percusision including the traditional alegre drum, "But Berklee offered the possibility of getting me in touch with popular music from around the world."
  
  
  Read more at: http://monicagiraldo.com/weblog/category/notas-de-prensa/

• Monica Girlado [+ Show ]
  

  Colombia's Monica Giraldo takes a retro-minded approach to her music, but in that slight move backwa...Colombia's Monica Giraldo takes a retro-minded approach to her music, but in that slight move backward she moves two steps forward. The music on 2008's "Todo da Vueltas" strips away any artificial post-production sounds in favor of a new, warm organic feel that focuses on her dynamic live band, who creates a bubbling blend of bossa nova and jazzy pop.
  
  iTunes

• A melodious exprience [+ Show ]
  

  " A melodious experience, you can listen to this record from the first song to the last, something t..." A melodious experience, you can listen to this record from the first song to the last, something that is rarely done in today's world"
  
  MTV3

Setlist

A paso lento

Todo vuelve a empezar

Lo tuyo y lo mio

Por verte llegar

Rueda que rueda

La vida puede ser simple

Dias, tardes, noches

Por todo y lo demas

Contigo me basta

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