Celebrity Name: Dagmar Zuniga
New Agency: Ground Control Touring
Primary Agents: Timmy Hefner & Luke Osenberg
Department: Booking / Touring
Territory: North America
- Brooklyn-based experimental folk artist Dagmar Zuniga has signed with Ground Control Touring for booking representation, with agents Timmy Hefner and Luke Osenberg leading her account.
- Zuniga’s debut album in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music, originally self-released in January 2025, was re-issued by label AD 93 in March 2026 after racking up 200,000+ views and selling out its first cassette run.
- She continues to be represented by Qu Junktions, managed by deadAir Records, and handled for publicity by 4AD.
- Zuniga is booked for Rewire Festival (The Hague, April 2026) and UK dates at Strange Brew Bristol and Cafe OTO London, among her first major European shows.
Dagmar Zuniga has signed with Ground Control Touring for booking representation Ground Control Touring, with agents Timmy Hefner and Luke Osenberg at the helm. She continues to be represented by Qu Junktions, managed by deadAir Records, and handled for publicity by 4AD.
The Brooklyn-based experimental folk artist uploaded her debut album to Bandcamp and YouTube in January 2025, and it quietly blew up. The record found its way to Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie, who took Zuniga on tour, and earned a full re-release via tastemaking label AD 93 in March 2026.
The album quickly garnered over 200,000 views and a cult following, with cassettes selling out instantly. Zuniga describes herself as a compulsive recorder who carries dictaphones and cassette recorders everywhere, moments from daily life feed directly into her music.
This year, Zuniga’s phantasmal songs will be performed with her full band at Rewire Festival 2026 in The Hague, among her first major European shows. She also has UK dates lined up at Strange Brew in Bristol and Cafe OTO in London, and hosts a monthly show on NTS Radio called World of Pain.
This signing follows a pattern of rising DIY artists finding institutional footing at Ground Control Touring. Similar deals were recently announced for Izzy Camina and Finger Foods, both of whom also signed with the agency in 2026.
Takeaways
Dagmar Zuniga’s story is one of the most compelling in the music industry right now. She self-released a cassette album that took five years to make; recorded across three countries on a decades-old tape machine.
The album quietly went viral online and caught the attention of a folk legend. Now, a major booking agency is backing her. Ground Control Touring clearly sees her momentum and wants to get involved early.
What makes this signing especially interesting is the team structure. Zuniga isn’t letting go of her indie roots: Qu Junktions stays on for representation, deadAir Records handles management, and 4AD is doing publicity.
Ground Control Touring slots in specifically for booking and touring. That’s a very intentional, modular approach to building a career without handing the reins to one entity.
She’s also heading into her first real European run right as the album gets a proper physical release. Timing doesn’t get much better than that.
Can Dagmar Zuniga scale her intimate, tape-hiss folk sound to larger festival stages without losing what makes it special? Could Ground Control Touring’s recent run of signings in this space signal a broader shift toward experimental folk on festival lineups?
