Paola Vergara

Paola Vergara

Paola Vergara was born in 1983 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Her father, a drummer and composer, taught her to play the guitar at the age of 9. At 13 she wrote her first song and began giving concerts at her school, later becoming part of the experimental rock musical group Chilam Balam.

Paola founded Cocotaxi, a Latin House band, and performed with bands like Porter, Sussie 4, Belanova and Sweet Electra. In 2002 she earned her diploma in Contemporary Vocal Performance, in London. She then became part of the band The Tonic.

In 2004 Paola earned her BA in Contemporary Composition and Production, at Berklee College in Boston. In 2011 she was the music producer for the documentary “Chulel” with the band Vansen Tiger.

Currently Paola performs as a vocalist and has released her new album “Hondo”.