SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artists
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Marta Gomez
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Marta’s new CD “Cantos de Agua Dulce” (Chesky Records) was #10 on the Billboard jazz charts of January 2005. Her CD "Solo es Vivir" (BigSur records) was chosen by The Boston Globe as one of the 10 Best CDs of 2003. Her song “La Ronda” was included in the Putumayo World Music compilation entitled “Women of Latin America” and her song “Paula Ausente” won the SIBL Project International song writing contest as the best song inspired by a South American book and it was included on a CD among others by artist such as Tom Waits and David Bowie. On May 2004, WGBH’s (National Public Television) show “La plaza” featured her as the artist of the month. But in spite of all that, critics dare to say the musical success of singer-songwriter Marta Gomez, it’s just starting. There is something unique about her voice and her songs that no one can resist. The Boston Herald once called her a singer with an “Exquisite voice” that “manages to sound like a pure folk-traditionalist and jazzy pop adventurer at the same time”. The LA Times thinks she has a “sublime voice”, The Boston Globe wrote that she “Blends her velvety voice with original heartfelt lyrics, producing a peerless south American jazz sound” and Billboard wrote that her new album is “The essence of Latin Cool”. The truth is that Marta not only traverses a whole range of rhythms from Latin America mixed with jazz and pop, but she also writes the kind of melody and refrain that translates across whatever language she is singing in. This may be the reason that lead Marta to share the stage with artists of diverse genres such as Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, Toto la Momposina and Argentinean diva Mercedes Sosa. This young Colombian singer began her musical career as a child soloist in the Liceo Benalcazar choir, then decided to travel to the US in 1999 to enter the Berklee College of Music where she received the "Best Achievement Scholarship" and the "Alex Ulanowsky" composition award before graduating Magna cum laude under the professional music degree program. With song writing being her focus and with more than 70 songs, Marta’s songs have been performed and recorded by many artists around the world and some of them have been used for independent films. And with much more to come, Marta Gomez is a name that we will hear for a long, long time. www.chesky.com www.martagomez.com |
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