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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 16/09/2026

Seeing generative AI slop continues to make me mad so I went craft mode on the new Half Gringa show flyer. Come see us Oct 4! www.hideoutchicago.com/shows/half-g...

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 16/09/2026

Seeing generative AI slop continues to make me mad so I went craft mode on the new Half Gringa show flyer. Come see us Oct 4! www.hideoutchicago.com/shows/half-g...

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CHIRP 107.1 Playlist @chirp-playlist.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Song: Anti-Thermos Artist: Half Gringa Album: Gruñona (2017) (Chicago Artist) Label: self-released Time: 5:05 PM DJ: Jenny Lizak — chirpradio.org/djs/jenny-lizak

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 25/07/2026

touching grass? feels nice actually

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 02/07/2026

This series is so cool, loved playing a couple summers ago and have loved attending it!

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 21/06/2026

as expected, Damen bus from the Rosalía concert chock full of mantillas and priest collars

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 14/06/2026

so cool that a trillionaire exists and i am struggling to pay for dental and medical care (i have insurance through my day job!!!!). i just want to be able to afford my tiny little life and be an artist and invest in the city i have lived in for 17 years, jesus

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 12/05/2026

Happy to announce that I am part of the new, collectively owned music platform @subvert.fm! www.subvert.fm/half-gringa

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 28/03/2026

My third record, Cosmovisión, came out a year ago today. best thing I’ve made so far, you should listen to it if you haven’t yet: www.halfgringa.com/cosmovision

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Cosmovisión — Half Gringa

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 18/03/2026

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 06/03/2026

just popping on to say that my saxophone waveforms look like lil bunnies 🐰

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 21/01/2026

very few things feel good, but playing music and gathering together still does. the band is playing The Athenaeum's Strictly Chicago series next Friday, Jan 30 please come out and we will make it worth your while: athenaeumcenter.org/events/2026/...

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 20/12/2025

i’m at the bar at Lula. i’m reading a book by one of the founders of The Toast. i’m drinking amaro and crushing a vegan crudite. the sofia coppola marie antoinette soundtrack is playing. i’m fifteen, i’m 23, i’m 34; time is a laminated pastry, dirty bathwater, confetti

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 17/12/2025

here are my personal favorite records of 2025 (pt 1): 1. Emily Jane Powers - Earnest Jamming Partners 2. Sunny War - Armageddon in a Summer Dress 3. Cross Record - Crush Me 4. Nona Invie - Self-Soothing 5. Lido Pimienta - La Belleza 6. Pictoria Vark - Nothing Sticks

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 19/11/2025

And here it is, my final release of the year, Nelly in a Dream.

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Nelly in a Dream — Half Gringa

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 03/11/2025

ok i have one more piece of music to release this year before I return to my cave to make another record. 11/18/25

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 01/11/2025

I went on a little field trip this week to get my last record in some local Chicago stores! Now in stock @pinwheelrecords.com, 606 Records, Tone Deaf Records, and Record Breakers! Let me know what record stores you love that I should reach out to :)

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 16/10/2025

chicago! last band headliner of the year is coming up: lh-st.com/shows/11-22-...

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 16/10/2025

chicago! last band headliner of the year is coming up: lh-st.com/shows/11-22-...

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another. For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY) Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693 National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 13/08/2025

THIS FRIDAY! Get to @Schubas for a @TigerBombPromo Takeover, co-presented by CHIRP! Featuring local faves @_tenci_, @SimaCunningham, Half Gringa, and @bySamuelAaron, we start at 8pm. Say hi to us and @HopefortheDay when you're there! ENTER TO WIN TICKETS: buff.ly/USKzFwq

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 31/07/2025

grateful to the Postock team for doing a fest in rural Wisconsin during Lollapalooza weekend… truly ready to head for the hills

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 17/07/2025

I just realized that I have been writing songs and playing shows for 10 years.

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 08/07/2025

spent eleven hours at O’Hare yesterday and did not get to where I was going. a theme of late! perhaps the universe will cut me a break soon but I doubt it 🙃

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 22/06/2025

rolling back into Chicago after an eleven hour drive / tour listening to WBEZ and boy did the vibes shift horribly

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

bleak fucking outlook for our stupid species

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 18/06/2025

Playing NYC tonight with Kitba in the Village! Full band, early show, come see us if you’re around: www.eventbrite.com/e/half-gring...

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 15/06/2025

gathered in Albuquerque this weekend to celebrate one my dearest friends, Evan, who died after a year and a half of living with an aggressive cancer. holy cow I love him so much, he taught me how to make art bravely and was such a champion of my music. i will try my best for you sweet boy 💗

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Dave Miska @davidmiska.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Great night with @halfgringa.com at Schuba's last night. Worth the trek in a dust storm to have some badly needed fun.. Sounded fantastic.

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 29/04/2025

Gabacho is joining us at Schubas on May 16! Show will be super special 😎 Poster collage by my bud Cyrus Finegan ✨

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 07/05/2025

Minneapolis, Milwaukee, NYC, Philly, Columbia, Ann Arbor - bringing the band to you :) www.halfgringa.com/live

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 29/04/2025

Gabacho is joining us at Schubas on May 16! Show will be super special 😎 Poster collage by my bud Cyrus Finegan ✨

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 16/04/2025

One month from today! Special guest announcement soon :) tickets are moving: lh-st.com/shows/05-16-...

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 14/04/2025

“let this old world shatter and transform allegiance to nothing at all” phil elverum’s lyrics continue to hit

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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Listening report: Mar. 28 - Apr. 3, 2025

List of albums:

J Dilla - Donuts
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures
Dustin Wong - Gloria
Sharp Pins - Radio DDK
Fugazi - End Hits
Hour - Ease the Work
Mount Eerie - Night Palace
Q and Not U - Different Damage
Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes - S/T
Ratboys - The Window
Gia Margaret - There’s Always Glimmer
Ahmad Jamal Trio - At the Pershing: But Not For Me
Ichiko Aoba - Windswept Adan
Gilberto Gil - Expresso 2222
Half Gringa - Cosmovision

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/04/2025

Chicago-based singer and songwriter Isabel Olive released her third album last Friday. In “Cosmovisión,” the Venezuelan American singer known as Half Gringa explores themes like climate change and her dual heritage.

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Chicago singer-songwriter Half Gringa shares her story of penning 'Cosmovision'

The local musicmaker (aka Isabel Olive) hopes her third album shows the complexities of the Latin American experience.

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Geoffrey D. Wessel @gdwessel.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Playlists for Wednesday AND Thursday's shifts on @chirpradio.org. You can listen back at the links below. Back next week Thursday 8-10pm CDT! Wednesday 4/2/2025: chirpradio.org/dj/305 Thursday 4/3/2025: chirpradio.org/dj/9868

King Crimson - Red
The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
[Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell - CHIRP Artist Interview]
Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell - Chaos
Pictoria Vark - I Sing What I See
SASAMI - Slugger
Saba and No ID - Woes of The World
Previous Industries - Babbages
Brother Ali - Two Dudes
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
Pulse - Instead Of Words

Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved
Shygirl - Immaculate (feat. Saweetie)
Annie DiRusso - Back In Town
Destroyer - Bologna (feat. Fiver)
Anxiety Patrol - Gotta Thing
Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
REZN - Stasis
Weaklung - Masculinity Crisis
Bria Salmena - Radisson
Slowdive - Star Roving
Otterlymusic - Sacred Heart
Purelink - We Should Keep Going

The Cure - A Forest
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
Jan Blomqvist - Midnight Sun (feat. Natasche Polke)
PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig
Bonnie Trash - Veil Of Greed
Minuit Machine - Hold Me
Michi - There's No Heaven
VNV Nation - Silence Speaks
The Young Gods - Appear Disappear
KAPUT - Sucker
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
Half Gringa - Your Lies
Chaepter - Body I'm In
Almost There But Not Really - So Slow
Suede - Animal Nitrate

Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Hardfloor Remix)
Ministry - Revenge (Squirrely Version)
Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor - Passerine
cootie catcher - Shy at first
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy
Korine - Screaming In The Night
flowersatherfeet - elegy
Marie Davidson - Contrarian
Glaring - Truegaze Bathtrack
Hali Palombo - Christ on a Cracker
Bob Vylan - Reign
VLURE - Better Days
Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young
Brainiac - Hot Seat Can't Sit Down

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Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This was a really good recording session and conversation 🎸 @halfgringa.com @wbez.org @davidmiska.bsky.social

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 28/03/2025

It’s here: my third record, Cosmovisión, is out today. This record is about a lot of things, but at its core, it is about perspective.

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Dave Miska @davidmiska.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Good way to start your Friday.. Hear @maryldixon.bsky.social at 8:20 on @wbez.org have a conversation with Isabel. Then enjoy the whole @halfgringa.com performance here. This was an absolute blast for me to mix and can't wait for you to enjoy!

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Isabel Olive aka Half Gringa (Live from the WBEZ Studios)

YouTube video by WBEZ Chicago

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Half Gringa @halfgringa.com · 27/03/2025

Tomorrow on Morning Edition!

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