Singer – Songwriter Mónica Giraldo is a woman walking two paths. The first one is taking her deeper and deeper into the heart of Colombian music, surrounded by the power of her native land’s traditional rhythms. The other one leads her out and away, following melodies and harmonies from the world. Her Latin folk sound begins from her guitar, her voice, and her feminine perspective. It incorporates the cadence of the Colombian Caribbean and the Latin American classics that are her roots and inspiration.
Discography: Sesiones de Sal Marina (2025), her seventh studio album, was inspired by the sea and recorded with just guitar and voice in the United States with producer Scott Moore. Her musical catalog includes more than 50 original songs and 30 music videos.
Her recording career began with the album Muy Cerca (2005), produced by Felipe Álvarez (Polen Records). Todo da Vueltas (2008), produced by Mauricio Pantoja and released by the independent label Codiscos, earned her a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards. She also released Que venga la vida (2014) with Polen Records, Bajo el mismo cielo (2017), co-produced by Giraldo, Mauricio Pantoja, and Andrés Peláez, and a career compilation album, Al Oído: The Best of Mónica Giraldo (2019). In 2021, Mónica released her album “Hubo un tiempo,” which was selected as one of the most important albums of 2021 by journalist and music curator Luisa Piñeros in El Espectador.
Collaborations: In addition to her own albums, Mónica has collaborated with several artists on selected albums, such as Mestizajes with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra in 2010, La voz de mi padre in 2012, and Putumayo Records on Café Latino and Café del Mundo in 2013-2014.
Awards: Latin Grammy nominee – Best New Artist 2008. Two Billboard awards as a singer-songwriter.
Education: Mónica studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she is currently an ambassador, and architecture at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
“A guitar and a voice, that is how music came into my life and that is the way it has continued.”