Desert Atlas

Singer-songwriter Mark Ramirez grew up in the Philippines, where he came of age just as the alternative band scene exploded across the country. He moved to the U.S. at the age of 17 and over nearly two decades in the Northeast, played music in bands even as he finished college, worked for newspapers and colleges, and started a family. Ramirez moved to Colorado in 2015, where he has been inspired by the scale of the Rocky Mountains and the American Southwest and launched Desert Atlas as a solo project. In the summer of 2021, he released "The Great Plains are an Ocean," his first full-length, which was largely recorded and mixed during the pandemic and featured as part of Indie 102.3's Local 303 lineup.

Ramirez continues to play solo and with accompaniment, including shows at the inaugural Down in Denver Festival at Larimer Lounge, Lost Lake, Enigma Bazaar, Moe's BBQ, the Lafayette Music Fest, and the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for TEDxMileHigh.