A reformed wild child, in recent years Kate Vargas has traded the party for meditation, yoga, clean eating and a renewed focus on what she values most—her music. The half-Mexican, New Mexico-raised, NYC-based artist is building ever more mindfully on her sound, and the music press is taking notice. Vargas has received accolades from a variety of respected outlets including NPR, Billboard, No Depression, and the Huffington Post, the latter assessing, “There is an unlimited amount of potential in this superstar on the rise.”

JC got a chance to speak to Vargas during a recent trip to Maui and spoke a lot about her early music career, playing the flute, and connecting with fans during covid. All of this and much more on this episode of theFIVE10 podcast!