Half Gringa

Emerging from Chicago’s flourishing indie music scene, Half Gringa blends contemporary indie-rock and Latin pop with midwestern folk. “When you grew up in the Midwest really into alternative rock, but heard a lot of country music in the supermarket,” offers Isabel Olive, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist at the core of Half Gringa, when asked to place her music in a specific genre. “Or when your mom loved Bruce Springsteen and Maná and sometimes your brain starts playing them at the same time.” The name Half Gringa is both a tribute to and study of her legacy, stemming from a childhood term of endearment as “la Gringa” in her Venezuelan family and her bicultural experience growing up in the United States. Olive's work seeks to narrate her tireless pursuit as a pupil of both her origins and her experiences.

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Events featuring Half Gringa

Mar 16, 2023
7:00pm — 7:30pm
Presented by
Field Booking Agency
About
From:
Chicago, IL
Subgenre:
Indie Rock
Professional Connections
Half Gringa is seeking the following:
  • Label
  • Management
  • Distribution - US
  • Other Artists to Tour With
  • Publishing
  • Sync/Music Supervisors