Mireya Ramos Climbing Fences

Grammy nominee and Latin Grammy-award winning vocalist and violinist Mireya Ramos has delivered a Latin-American pop masterpiece with her latest single, 'Climbing Fences', out now.  Wonderfully fusing elements of pop, jazz, rock and Mexican traditional within her music, Ramos is an internationally recognised Latin star, who has been riding out the global pandemic in New Zealand's New Plymouth, where she found herself on tour with her acclaimed female Mariachi group Flor De Toloache who were scheduled to play WOMAD last year. Before she departs to return home to New York, the accomplished artist is set to perform a farewell show and single launch at Meow in Wellington on Thursday 29^th July.

Ramos' music takes us on a journey through the Latin-tinged Americana landscape of the greater US, in both Spanish and English. The US artist was born in California, is of Dominican and Mexican descent, was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and usually resides in New York.
 
'Climbing Fences' was recorded at Oakura's Rhythm Ace Studios with local musician and engineer Sam Johnson, who brought in members of local group The Flac to work with Ramos in the sessions.


Before crafting  a  career  that  includes  multiple  Latin  Grammy  nominations,  a  Grammy nomination  and  a  Latin  Grammy  win,  the  vocalist,  violinist,  guitarron  player, composer, guitarist,  arranger,  producer  and  founder  of  Flor  de  Toloache –NY's first and only all women mariachi, Mireya Ramos started touring the world as a member of the pro eminent San Juan's Children Choir. Born in California to a proud Dominican Music-loving mother and a big voice, Mariachi fronting Mexican father, Mireya was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
 
At the age of 17, she followed her dreams to New York City where she paid her dues playing Mariachi, salsa, merengue, jazz, R&B and hip-hop. A classically trained violinist by Suzuki method, and having had orchestral experience at University, her passion is strongest for folklore as well as other alternative genres.
 
Being a natural at improvisation, possessing colourful violin and vocal textures have made her one of the top requested Latin artists in New York City.
There she scored quite a few firsts: her Latin-Jazz band Movemiento was the first Latin group  to  be  part  of  the  Music  Under  New  York  program;  her  Mariachi  group  Flor  De Toloache  was the first all-female Mariachi ensemble in  NYC; she  was one of if not the first NYC violinist to jam live with DJ's such as Tony Touch, Bobbito Garcia, Rich Medina, Afrika Bambaataa, Little Louie Vega and Velcro. Her multifaceted, open-minded approach to  music  led  her  to  form  an  all  female  Merengue-Jazz  group,  the  809  Ladies,  and  to collaborate,  perform  and  record  with  the  likes  of  John  Legend,  Miguel,  Dan  Auerbach, John  Prine,  Chrissie  Hynde,  Sara  Bareilles,  Lee  Fields,  Chicano  Batman,  Alex  Cuba, Chucho  Valdez,  Eddie  Palmieri,  Making  Movies,  Luisito  Quintero,  Victoria  La  Mala, Robert Glasper, Pedrito Martínez, Natalia La Fourcade, Thalia, Lila Downs, Cafetacvba, The Beatnuts and more. All this while continuously working on her debut solo record, which so far features Mexican Institute of Sound's Camilo Lara, Guatemala's EMMY-Nominated singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno, long-time David Bowie pianist Mike Garson and other special guests.