Gina Villalobos
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA, USA | Established. Jan 01, 2002 | SELF
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Press
"...Miles Away", is one of those recordings you'll be playing in a decade, it's timeless and combines every element that makes a recording a classic.. "Miles Away", is tough, tender, big, loud, bittersweet, hungry, and honest. It doesn't get much better than this...."
PASTE MAGAZINE- "Paste Reccomends"
- PASTE MAGAZINE
"...The Name Gina VIllalobos should be dripping off your tounge by now...The Alt Counrty Poster girl is
back with a vengeance with "Miles Away",, a vivid emotional portrait of twist and turns.... with more hooks
in the melody than a models wardrobe..." MAVERICK MAGAZIZE
- MAVERICK MAGAZIZE
"Straight-up Rock, rooted but not roots music, with a twang and plenty of rough edges - in the same ballpark as say, the Honky Tonk Women-era Stones... Abundant lyric and musical hooks. This is intriguing stuff, full of heart and hard knocks." NO DEPRESSION�MAGAZINE
- NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE
Rock N Roll Pony will remind you of what a great rock album is supposed to sound like…electricity and honestyt… A skillfull amalagon of indie rock, country and power pop. Rock n Roll Pony defies easy classification..." ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE - ACOUSTIC GUITAR MAGAZINE
“Villalobos has the restlessness of the most moving country music but she combines it with a rock spitit that is always forthright and never forced...” HARP MAGAZINE - HARP MAGAZINE
"...Unquestionably the finest voice in the country-rock genre today. She is not a Lucinda Williams wanna-be, nor is she a Chrissie Hynde knockoff. The fact that critics are reaching into such considerable artistic territory to find fitting accolades for Villalobos is an indication of just how good she really is. Villalobos, if Rock 'N' Roll Pony garners the attention that it is likely to, is an artist that others will be compared to in the very near future...” POP MATTERS - POP MATTERS.COM
"...a remarkable level of musical and emotional consistency...Villalobos churns out country-inflected roots rock that will have you reaching for the “up” button on your stereo’s volume control...."VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE
- VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE
".....If Marylin Monroe had the face of an angle and a body for sin, then Gina Villalobos has a voice made for country-flecked rock 'n' roll.....
IRISH TIMES - IRISH TIMES
With two hight-regarded albums, "rock N Roll Pony" and "Miles Away"under her belt and a growing legion of fans here and across the pond, critics are racing to crown Villalobos the new Queen of Americana..."SANTA CRUZ GOOD TIMES - SANTA CRUZ GOOD TIMES
Villalobos' compositions coming off the speakers like Cracker Jack
Surprises that reveal a new depth with the slightest shift in light "Days On Their Side takes the Lucinda
Williams/ Sheryl Crow model to a new level (And it's about time someone did.)
AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE - AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE
Discography
Sola - 2014, ℗ Gina Villalobos
Days On Their Side - 2009, ℗ Face West / Red Eye
Miles Away - 2007,
℗ Face West / Laughing Outlaw
Rock 'N' Roll Pony - 2004, ℗ Kick Music / Laughing outlaw
Beg From Me - 2002 ℗ Gina Villalobos
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Bio
California native, Gina Villalobos is a country, rock and folk singer & songwriter. Known for holding her heart up in all its vulnerable lucidity, her lines & melodies scrape away the layers of denial that get us through the everyday. Like the realist short stories of Raymond Carver, her songs are visceral anthems in which one senses the bottom has fallen out, making visible the seriousness of what’s at stake, the songs affirm that possibility has always existed…and in fact still exists.
Her breakthrough came in 2005 when she became one of the most acclaimed new artists in the alternative country scene with her breakthrough album Rock ‘n’ Roll Pony, which legendary BBC disc jockey Bob Harris called it “a contender for album of the year.” Her follow-up release, Miles Away, increased her profile and cemented the album as “timeless and combines every element that makes a recording a classic…” (Paste Magazine). Villalobos’ fourth solo album, Days on Their Side, is “What a great rock album is supposed to sound like…electricity and honesty… A skillful amalagon of indie rock, country and pop….defies easy classification...” (Acoustic Guitar Magazine). Her most recent offering, Sola was described as “confident & instantly addictive.” (Mojo Magazine)
In late 2015, Villalobos wrote and produced music for the Golden Globe Award– and Emmy Award–winning Amazon Studios TV show Transparent. The derivative work of the 1971 Sly and the Family Stone hit “Family Affair” featured the vocals of Ruby Friedman and was used in the trailer promoting the launch of the show’s second season.
Villalobos is nothing if not dead serious. Her music is deeply rooted in time, place, and history. She’s the real thing: an artist who can show you where you are.
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