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“In Montañera’s fluid continuum, folk music isn’t an ancient artifact, but a living, breathing entity that was always meant to free us”.
Pitchfork - Album rating: 8.0
“She has without a doubt, one of the greatest voices that have emerged from Colombia in the past years”
Rolling Stone Magazine
María Mónica Gutiérrez, known as Montañera (Mountainess), has established herself as one of the most intense and unique voices hailing from Colombia. Her latest solo album A Flor De Piel was released in November of 2023 via the Austin, Tx-based label, Western Vinyl, with the support from Help Musicians Foundation. It has received glowing reviews from Pitchfork, The Observer, and Iggy Pop, amongst many others.
Her previous solo albums Encarnación (2017) and Salvadora (2020) have both received Honourable Mention by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, and she is a Marca Colombia Artist.
With nine albums in tow, the London-based singer/songwriter has a thirteen year trajectory with Montañera (Ambient Pop) + her bands: Suricato (New Colombian Music), and Ságan (Cosmo-natural Pop.) Her music has taken her throughout Europe, the United States and Latin America. She has also performed on stages as important as the Smithsonian Museum, the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), KEXP (Seattle), SXSW (Austin), Lollapalooza, Festival Estéreo Picnic (Colombia), and the MaMA Festival (Paris). Her music has appeared in multiple Netflix series, including Wild District (2019), Crime Diaries (2019), and La Venganza de las Juanas (2021).
As Montañera, she has opened for Kevin Johansen at Jazz Café, Silvana Estrada at St. Pancras Old Church, Aterciopelados at Electric Brixton, iLe at Lafayette, and Ana Tijoux at the Village Underground as part of La Linea Festival. She also performed at the Southbank Centre last November, and will be part of Rally Festival this summer in London, UK.
“One To Watch: The album has the naked vulnerability and meditative qualities that come from spending hours with only your Korg synthesizer for company” The Observer (The Guardian), UK.
MANAGEMENT & BOOKING: montaneramusica@gmail.com