Create a unique font/logo for all-female Brazilian fusion band, Gringa

Gringa

"Sassy tropical grooves that move your body and mind." We are an all-women band based in San Francisco, CA, that blends Brazilian, Latin, funk, rock and reggae grooves with sophisticated harmonies and memorable songwriting, seducing listeners into a tropical vacation on the dancefloor while dissolving stereotypes and cultural barriers. We sing in English, Portuguese, and some Spanish, forging a borderless sound that excites crowds and opens minds.
Our target audience are open-minded "world citizens" who appreciate diverse cultures, sophisticated/smart pop music, and who like to dance.
The main word people use to describe our live shows is "FUN"!

We strongly prefer bold colors, no pastels. For example, red-orange, gold, teal, deep blue, royal purple, magenta, but open to suggestions from the designers, as long as they're not pastel.

We are primarily looking for a word mark, a great font with strong type treatment for the name Gringa that we can use on our website and promo materials.
We want to make sure it's easy to read, so we are trying to stay clear from cursive. Simpler is better, but we would be interested to see thicker letters that could have colors or a pattern/design that fills the letters. We would prefer designs that are less clean and modern and more rustic, organic, and textured. Like a stamp or stencil, something with an artisan feel.
The first "G" will be the most important letter, since we'd like to break that off into it's own logo as well for stickers, buttons, etc.
We want the logo to communicate: Fun. Multicultural. Strong Women. Feminine but not Girly.
We like geometric shapes, or shapes/patterns that suggest textiles and women's handi-work. We like logos that blend organic and modern elements.
We've been using lips (lipstick kiss) for our social media for a while, and we often use flowers in our live show appearance. So if you want to incorporate a graphic or image, you could play around with lips or flowers. Otherwise, please no graphics involved, just the word!!
To find out more about us and to see how our current visuals are, visit our website:
gringamusic.com
Or our Facebook Page:
facebook.com/gringamusic
Or watch a video of our live show:
youtube.com/gringamusictv

Examples of designs we like:

-We like this designer's work, particularly the background of the top right flyer on this link: http://www.amymade.com/#/growup/

-We like the logo of this band: http://matutomusic.com/

- We like the iconic logos of the bands: Nirvana, Metallica, The Doors, The Beatles