Introducing our video "Tierra, tan sólo" from the new album "El corazón y el sombrero".

It is a joy to share with you that our song "Mirame" is now available to purchase at itunes and cdbaby. I composed the song for the colombian series "La Pola" and performed at the Festival de Músicas de Cartagena on January 2011.

Listen to "Mirame"

We are so proud of being nominated for the Latin Grammy 2011 under the category "Best Album Design" with our newest "El Corazón y el sombrero". Thanks to Cactus Studio for making such a piece of art to go along with our music! cactus.com

It is a pleasure to announce that our albums "Musiquita" and "El corazón y el sombrero" are on sale NOW at :

"Mestizo store": Plaza de la Llana 14 Borne, Barcelona www.mestizostore.com

We wanted to share with you this beautiful video recorded in our latest performance in Tel Aviv with Idan Raichel. 

It is an honor to share with you this video of Marta's song "Paula Ausente" recorded by Israeli singer Roni Dalumi. Roni was the winer of the popular TV show "Israeli idol" where she  performed the song "Cada día" writen by Idan Raichel and Marta.

Thanks to our friends at Radio Gladis Palmera for their beautiful interview to promote our show at the Barnasants Festival in Barcelona here's the video!

Thanks to our song "Basilio", we have tried to be in contact with many organizations that are working hard on helping children working in the mines of South America.

One of them is www.mineritos.org/ that works at Robertito's  school to improve the lives of Basilio and many other miner children.

So far, they have rised $5000 euros, almost a third of the anual budget of the school to care for 60 or 70 children in Potosí, Bolivia. I strongly believe that we can make a huge diference in these kid's lives. Please Help us!

We are happy to announce that our song “Cielito Lindo” is included in the movie “From Prada to nada” which has been in theaters since January 28 in the US.

From Prada to Nada, a modern twist on Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, is a new romantic comedy starring Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, Wilmer Valderrama, with Kuno Becker and Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel, Actress in a Supporting Role, 2006). It's a whimsical fish-out-of-water story of two spoiled sisters: Nora (Camilla Belle), a law student, and Mary (Alexa Vega), an undergrad party girl, living with their father in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills. Mary has become so "90210" she refuses to admit she is of Mexican descent. When their Dad suddenly passes away, their posh lives are turned upside down. They discover they have been left penniless and are forced to move into their estranged aunt Aurelia's (Adriana Barraza) modest but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood of East LA.

It was such an honor to be part of the Cartagena Music Festival in Colombia last January 12 and 13th. Thanks so much to the wonderful audience and to the Festival for making us feel at home and offering us so much love!

My heart is filled!

More information www.cartagenamusicfestival.com

It is a priviledge to announce that our album “Afri-Spaans” has been included among the best of 2010 according to journalist Richard Antone from the Queens Ledger. The list also included  "West Coast Seattle Boy" by Jimi Hendrix, "Righteous Babe" by Ani DiFranco, "The Sea" by Corinne Bailey Rae, “The Promise" by Bruce Springsteen and"Silver Pony" by Cassandra Wilson among others.

Antone wrote about “Afri-Spaans” that “No stranger to NYC's annual Encuentro or to local clubs, Cali-born singer-songwriter Marta Gomez has recorded several excellent Nueva Colombiana albums in Spanish.  Now on this CD of gentle Spanish-language covers of African songs, Ms. Gomez digs deep into songs like the antemic "Nkosi" and "Para Ti" while making it sound easy”.

On november 27, 2010, Marta was chosen by Colombian Newspaper El espectador as "the best voice of the year" among singer Goyo from the group ChocQubTown in their seccion "The best of the year in Colombian Music" Thank you for the honor!

It was an immense honor to participate at this year's "Musical Explorers" Program created by the Carnegie Hall for hundreds of children of New York City! We had a full week of didactic concerts where we could share with the students a lot about our culture and our music. The best part was to be able to sing and hear them singing along! Taca taca taca ta ke ke ke!!!!

Thanks to all the team of wonderful people at the Carnegie and to the Weill Institute for choosing us to be part of this beautiful experience.

Journalist Adam Lee made a wonderful story on Marta in his website Eyes on Colombia. you can read it visiting Eyes on Colombia

Marta had the honor of recording the album Afri-Spaans (Odyssey Records) that contains traditional south african songs adapted and sung by her in spanish. The album has sold 10 thousand copies so far in 2010!

It is an honor to be included on the new Itunes Essentials collection entitled "Latin Folk Divas". Marta's songs "Manos de Mujeres" and "Está linda la mar" belong to the "Deep cuts" and "Next steps" of this collection

It is an honor to be part of Idan Raichel's new album entitled "Within my walls" (Cumbancha 2009). Marta has been an important part of the Israelian musician's project since 2008 performing with the group in the US and Israel and now two of Raichel's songs with Marta's spanish Lyrics are featured on the new album.

It was a true honor to be the first act presented at The GRAMMY Museum by the Latin Recording Academy. It was an intimate onstage interview and performance we had on September 16. 2009

Interviewed by great music writer Agustin Gurza, Marta could talk a little bit about her music, varied influences, international recording career, and newest album, Musiquita (Aluna Records). as well as the story behind her songs and her social work with children and women in Latin America and of course the artist could sing some of her songs accompanied by Franco Pinna on percussion and Roberto Cachimuel on andinean instruments

Immense thank you to the Latin Recording academy, the Grammy museum, Gustavo Fernandez, Betto Arcos and the wonderful audicence for such an special evening.

visit.www.grammymuseum.org

It is an honor to announce you that on June 3, 2009 Marta received in TelAviv the Platinum Album in recognition of sales in excess of 40,000 units in Israel of Idan Raichel's new album "Within My Walls".The single of the album "Todas las palabras" was co-writen and sung by Marta. It is the first time that a song in Spanish makes it to the top of the charts in that country!

On april 7 2009, Marta was chosen to represent South America in a concert entitled “Seven continents, one earth” dedicated to the Planet earth celebrating the Erth’s day at the Corona Theatre in Montreal , Canada. The concert organized by the CBC radio featured artists from all over the world such as “Mamer” from Mongolia, Mozambique singer/songwriter Feliciano dos Santos, Corsican superstar Petru Guelfucci, blues star Dallas Frasca from Australia; and closing out this astonishing evening of talent were Gospel and Blues artists Jim Byrnes and The Sojourners from Vancouver.

http://www.cbc.ca/

It is a honor to share with you the great news that Marta's newest song "Rio" is featured on a beautiful film from Panama called "Burgua dii Ebo" (The wind and the water) directed by Vero Bollow and the Igar Yala collective released on February at the Sundance Film Festival. for more info Sundance.org/festival.

The Wind and the water is an independent movie written and directed by Vero Bollow and the Igar Yala collective, who’s cast were: Arosemena Algis, Benjamin Avila, Ologwagdi, and Yirelis Adjani Smith.            

The movie tells the story of a young teen-age, who comes from an indigenous community and is seeking his fortune in Panama City. He tries to adjust to the chaotic urban life, where he falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Later, he encounters his crush once again--but this time the landscape and tradition define their interaction.

www.imdb.com

Marta's song Paula Ausente" that has traveled the world in so many different ways, brings us once again, wonderful news: it has been included on the soundtrack of the new HBO LatinAmerican producction called "Capadocia". The series, released in March, tell the story of a female prission in Mexico City and features Ana de la Reguera , Alejandro Camacho, Cecilia Suarez and Cristiña Umaña among others.

We are proud to be included on the National Geographic World music catalog National Geographic's major new online venture, will offer thousands of songs from 116 countries and nearly as many genres, from Nordic folk to Arab classical to Senegalese pop.    After previewing a song, visitors to the website can purchase it in MP3 format for 99 cents.

Marta is now part of the National Geographic world music catalog and was interviewed on the podcasts where they feature artist on this catalog every week.

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.net/

Marta was featured on CNN News en Español on Monday March 19, 2007 interviewed by Gabriela Frias. In the interview, Marta talked about her life as an independent musician and gave some advice to younger Artists who are willing to follow that career.

Marta's book "Aprende YA canto!" published by AMSCO (The music sales group) is now on sale in the US and Latin America. In the book (writen in spanish), Marta shares her experience as a singer and helps starting singers inprove their technique and interpretation. To obtain a copy of the book you can contact Marta at marta@martagomez.com

On December 10, 2004 Marta was interviewed by Steeve Inskeep on National Public Radio (NPR).  They talked about Gomez's songs and politics and the release of her album Cantos De Agua Dulce (songs of sweet water).

Inskeep said he admires Marta's capacity of "turning the bitter history of her native country into sweet music".

You can hear the interview on www.NPR.org

"Cantos de Agua Dulce"  was nominated to the Billboard Latin Music awards of 2005 in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album of the year among "Cositas Buenas" by Paco De Lucía, "Land of the Sun" by Charlie Haden and Gonzalo Rubalcaba and "Sin Palabras" by Néstor Torres.

We would like to share with you a wonderful news: Marta's album "Cantos de Agua Dulce" was #10 on the Billboard charts!

Here's the complete list:
1 Chris Botti "When I Fall In Love" - Columbia/Sony Music
2 Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love" - Rounder
3 Renee Olstead "Renee Olstead" - 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
4 Diana Krall "The Girl In The Other Room" - Verve/VG
5 Jane Monheit "Taking A Chance On Love" - Sony
6 Linda Ronstadt "Hummin' To Myself" - Verve/VG
7 Harry Connick, Jr. "Only You" - Columbia/Sony Music
8 Peter Cincotti "On The Moon" - Concord
9 Soundtrack Aviator - Columbia/Sony Music
10 Marta Gomez "Cantos de Agua Dulce" - Chesky -

Marta was recently chosen by the Boston Phoenix as the Best National World Music Act of the year 2006.

Marta's album  "Solo es Vivir" (BigSur Records) was chosen by James Reed (The Boston Globe) as one of the 10 best albums of the year 2003. Reed wrote: "Solo es Vivir shows Gomez's considerable talents as a singer and jazz composer and prooves, she was more than ready to open the show for Argentinean diva Mercedes Sosa at the Berklee Performance Center on September" - THE BOSTON GLOBE, December 16, 2003

On his list, James Reed also included  "Fado curvo" by Mariza, "Cuatro Caminos" by Cafe Tacuba, and "Hecho en Cuba" by Buena Vista Social Club.