Angélica Garcia (singer)

This article is about the American singer-songwriter whose career began in 2016. For her mother, a singer of the same name born in 1972, see Angelica (singer).

Angélica Garcia is an American singer-songwriter based in Richmond, Virginia. She has released three studio albums, and her song "Jícama" became widely known when Barack Obama selected the track for his 2019 year-end list.^[1]

Angélica Garcia
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2016–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop jazz indie
Labels	Spacebomb Partisan
Website	https://www.angelicagarciamusic.net/

Early life and education

Angélica Garcia was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in El Monte in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles.^[2] Garcia's mother, who is of Mexican and Salvadoran descent, was a freestyle musician who performed under the mononym Angelica and scored a top-40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with her cover of the Rosie and the Originals's song, "Angel Baby".^[3][4] She studied creative writing at Cooperative Arts High in New Haven, Connecticut, then returned to Southern California and graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where she studied vocal jazz and sang at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California.^[5] When she was 17, Garcia's family moved to Accomac, Virginia, before she moved on her own to Richmond.^[5]

Career

In 2022, her record Echo Eléctrico was included on the shortlist for the inaugural Newlin Music Prize in Richmond, VA.^[6]

Garcia appears in the racing video game Forza Horizon 5 as the DJ of the in-game rock-oriented radio station Horizon XS, which includes her song "Karma the Knife" from Cha Cha Palace in its soundtrack.^[7]

Discography

Studio albums

• Medicine for Birds (2016)
• Cha Cha Palace (2020)
• Gemelo (2024)

Extented plays

• The Big Machine EP (2018)
• Echo Eléctrico (2021)

References

1. Regensdorf, Laura (February 28, 2020). "Musician Angelica Garcia on Dual Identities, Blue Eye Shadow, and the Obama Effect". Vanity Fair.
2. "Angelica Garcia". High Road Touring.
3. ""Everything I've dreamed of …"". University of Maryland Eastern Shore. November 18, 2016.
4. King, Noel; Whitley-Berry, Victoria (March 17, 2020). "Angelica Garcia On Embracing Her Identities With 'Cha Cha Palace'". NPR.
5. Garcia, Angelica. "Bio". Angelica Garcia.
6. "2022 Nominees - Newlin Music Prize". February 11, 2023.
7. Green, Jake (November 5, 2021). "Forza Horizon 5 Soundtrack: Every Radio Station and Tracklist". Gfinity. Retrieved June 10, 2023.