Calista Garcia

Folk-rock singer-songwriter Calista Garcia delivers flairs of latin, blues, roots and pop, all tied together with both introspective and "philosophizing" lyricism. Her distinctive, expressive style and music ingenuity brings Calista to where she is today -- having just released a single, "The Coals", the first from an album entitled Confession, forthcoming in 2023. The new sonically diverse album, recorded at Plyrz Studios and produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Jim Scott in collaboration with Calista and GRAMMY Award-winning producer, David Garza, showcases a "new classic" style - with a fresh, modern twist that hearkens back to the '70s era - drawing inspiration from such legends as Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Paul Simon and Elton John.

Calista released her second EP called A Beautiful World on October 29, 2021, also mixed by Jim Scott in his vintage-equipped LA studio. This record was a follow up to her debut collection Wild Woman, released in April 2019 to much critical acclaim, garnering a nomination for “Best Roots/Country EP” in the 2020 Independent Music Awards. The project has also won multiple nominations and awards from International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA), the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) and the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest (MASC).

As seen on Season 16 of NBC’s The Voice, Calista is a prolific songwriter who plays guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, mandolin and harmonica. She is a 2022 Kerrville New Folk Winner, the 2022 Songwriter’s Association of Washington Young Artist of the Year, 2022 winner of 2 DC Area “Wammies” music awards (Best Folk song & artist), a 2021 Chris Austin Songwriting Finalist at Merlefest, a 2021 “She is the Music Foundation” Connect TogetHER Songwriting Fellow, the 2020 National YoungArts Gold Winner in Voice/Singer-Songwriter (top prize), a 2020 Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project Fellow, a 2019 Strathmore Artist in Residence, a 2017 & 2018 Berklee Performance Showcase Winner, the 2017 Bernard Ebbs Young Songwriter of the Year and a two-time Grammy Foundation Young Songwriter Program Artist.

A member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild, Calista also writes for the stage, having completed her second folk-rock inspired musical, Crystal Skies, which premiered in April 2018. Crystal Skies was a 2020 semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference. Calista recently relocated to New York City. She is on Takamine’s worldwide roster of Takamine guitar artists.