Maria Rodés

Spanish Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

Spanish singer and songwriter (b. Barcelona, 1986). One album released with alias Oniric (4). Maria Rodés began her musical trajectory with the folk project ONIRIC, to soon after begin a solo career, with great albums like “Una Forma De Hablar” (BCore, 2010) and “Sueño Triangular” (BCore, 2012). In 2014, this active artist released “Maria Canta Copla” (Chesapik), a selection of Spanish folk songs presented in a unique and personal way. This work won over the prestigious singer and composer David Byrne, who signed her up to play the well-known Meltdown Festival in London. She has worked with Ramón Rodríguez (THE NEW RAEMON), Nacho Vegas and Raül Fernández (REFREE). In 2015 a book was published – a journal of illustrated dreams, as Maria likes to describe it – called “Duermevela” by the publisher Alpha Decay. It was a compilation of poetic texts about her own dreams, accompanied by her own illustrations. She has participated on soundtracks for movies like “No Culpes Al Karma De Lo Que Te Pasa Por Gilipollas” (Don’t Blame The Karma For Being An Idiot) and “Vivir Dos Veces” (Live Twice, Love Once) by María Ripoll, and for “Villaviciosa De Al Lado” by Nacho García Velilla. In 2018, “Eclíptica” (Satélite K) won her the Puig Porret prize for best musical creation project. It also got her to sharing the stage with artists the size of David Byrne in the Noches del Botánico Festival in 2018 (David Byrne himself asked Maria to play with them). She has toured in Colombia and Mexico, where one of her albums was also released. In September 2019, the multifaceted artist joined the cast of actors of “Las Bárbaras”, a play written by the playwright Lucía Carballal and directed by Carol López, which was a huge success with audiences. This year, her latest album, “Lilith,” (Satélite K, 2020) was released. It is a project created to break down the connotations of the word “witch”, in an album full of magic and mythological references. Nothing too intense.