BORN IN COLOMBIA, BUT CURRENTLY BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA, INDIE-POP ARTIST ELSA Y ELMAR HAS GAINED SUBSTANTIAL RECOGNITION FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SINCE THE RELEASE OF HER STUNNING 2013 DEBUT EP, "SENTIRNOS BIEN", PRODUCED BY MATEO LEWIS. IN MARCH 2015, HER SINGLE "ME VIENE BIEN" EARNED HER THE JOHN LENNON SONGWRITING CONTEST.
IN HER SHORT BUT PROMISING PERFORMING CAREER, ELSA Y ELMAR HAS APPEARED AT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVALS IN LATIN AMERICA SUCH AS ESTEREO PICNIC (COL), HERMOSO RUIDO (COL), COORDENADA (MX), AS WELL AS THE ICONIC STAGE OF THE ROXY THEATRE AND HOTEL CAFE IN THE U.S.
HER DEBUT LP, "REY" WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE 5 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2015 BY KCRW, AND HAS RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE BY U.S. AND LATINAMERICAN AUDIENCES ALIKE FOLLOWING ITS RELEASE IN SEPTEMBER 2015, EARNING A PLACE IN VARIOUS CHARTS OF SIGNIFICANT STREAMING PLATFORMS IN COLOMBIA, MEXICO, PERU, ARGENTINA, CHILE AND SPAIN.
