Whitney Mongé | Electronic Press Kit

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SHORT BIO

Americana Soul singer-songwriter & guitarist, Whitney Mongé built her 16 year music career starting as a prolific street performer in Seattle, WA, working her way to major stages around the world. She has supported Ziggy Marley, KT Tunstall, Amy Helm, Allen Stone, Big Boi, and performed mainstage with Black Opry at Newport Folk Festival (2023). Whitney has also sold out her own headlining shows, and has toured the US & Europe in support of her four album releases Steadfast (2014), Stone (2017), Carry On (2018) and Whitney Mongé Live with The Seattle Symphony (2020) showcasing her relatable songwriting, powerhouse vocals and rhythmic blues guitar playing. Mongé also stars in an award winning film about her busking journey, "Find Your Way: a Busker's Documentary" with Chris Ballew (Presidents of the United States) & Joshua Bell (violinist). Currently Whitney resides in Asheville, NC and is releasing new singles and touring Europe this Spring 2024.

PRESS QUOTES

"The Nineties folk-rock-inflected songs...[Whitney Mongé] is ready for bigger stages". -Rolling Stone (2023)

"It seems like a super power to be able to carry around an old acoustic to any city, sit on a stoop, stool or sidewalk and start singing like divinity simply pours from your lips. Whitney Mongé has that super power. Her voice rattles like the wooden hull of a ship and soars like the wind in its sails. Mongé, a versatile singer capable of singing about the lonesomeness of loss or the light-hearted lift of a lit joint, came to the Emerald City from Spokane and has made a home in the area, cushioned by her prolific voice". --American Songwriter (2020)

“Whitney Mongé’s voice cracks, crumbles, aches and breaks your heart. It’s one made of 100-year-old salvaged northwest wood, complete with embossed grains, nicks, and honest imperfections". --KEXP FM (2018)

"Whitney Mongé — a former busker who started with seven cover songs and a lot of guts, a woman who writes emotional songs for people who listen to the words, a role model for young brown girls who want to play music, a super smart college dropout, an avid gardener in her neighborhood P-Patch, a weed-smoking collector of vinyl records, a better pool player than you — might just be Seattle’s next big star". --The Seattle Times (2018)

Released August 27th, 2021