Magos Herrera

Performance
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer-songwriter, producer, and educator. Magos is regarded as one of the most expressive, beautiful voices and most active vocalists in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene. She is best known for her eloquent vocal improvisation and her singular bold style, which embraces elements of contemporary jazz with Latin American melodies and rhythms singing in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, in a style that elegantly blends and surpasses language boundaries. She has recorded seven solo albums, has worked on joint collaborations for two more albums with producer Javier Limón in addition to having participated as a guest artist of several recordings. An accomplished artist, Magos has performed in a variety of leading international cultural venues and has been part of the line-up of some of the most memorable jazz festivals around the world.

Throughout her career, Magos has garnered important awards and recognitions, including a Grammy short-list nomination in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category for her album Distancia (2009), and is the only female artist to have received the Berklee College of Music's Master of Latin Music Award. She is well known for championing women's causes and currently serves as spokesperson for UN Women, and has contributed to important campaigns including UNITE to end violence against women and He For She, as a promoter of gender equality. She serves as an artistic advisor of the "National Sawdust", one of Brooklyn's most innovative venues, and as a frequent collaborator for radio and television programs in Mexico, Magos produces and hosts a weekly radio program from New York for Mexico's Public Radio.

In September 2018 Magos released her most recent album: Dreamers (Sony Music) in collaboration with the celebrated string quartet, Brooklyn Rider. This album has been nominated for the international Grammys for Best arrangement with the song “Niña”. Currently she serves as advisor for the Mexican Government Counsel of Cultural Diplomacy.

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