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grew up in New York surrounded by classical music. His mother was a singer in the Phillip Glass Ensemble, and Garz贸n-Montano picked up violin at age six. But the music he makes now is much more Prince than Bach.
Garz贸n-Montano鈥檚 big break came a few years ago when he toured with Lenny Kravitz and . While he鈥檚 thankful for all the increased star attention, , 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want that to give me my value.鈥� Instead, it鈥檚 his own unique music and vision that鈥檚 valuable, and it shows on his idiosyncratic 2017 album 闯补谤诲铆苍. The rest of the world is finally taking note.
Listen to our feature below, hosted by Jody Denberg and produced by Art Levy.
Gabriel Garz贸n-Montano at SXSW 2017:
- Wednesday, Mar 15 鈥� 鈥� 7 a.m.
- Wednesday, Mar 15 鈥� Waterloo Records () 鈥� 3 p.m.
- Wednesday, Mar 15 鈥� Elysium () 鈥� 8 p.m.
- Thursday, Mar 16 鈥� Space 24 Twenty () 鈥� 2 p.m.
- Friday, Mar 17 鈥� 1621 E. 6th St. ( 鈥� 1:45 p.m.
- Friday, Mar 17 鈥� Antone鈥檚 () 鈥� 3:45 p.m.
- Friday, Mar 17 鈥� Lucille () 鈥� 12 a.m.
- Saturday, Mar 18 鈥� The Main ()
