Author: marina

  • Artist Highlight: Red Line Roots

            Marina is psyched to be the featured artist this week on Boston music blog Red Line Roots! In a brief interview, she touches on her musical background, her songwriting process, and some of her favorite local artists. Click here to read the full interview!

  • Cape Ann Singer for Female Performer of the Year

    From the Gloucester Daily Times (click for full article): Marina Evans, a local singer-songwriter, has been nominated for Female Performer of the Year at the New England Music Awards for the second year in a row. Her competition in the Female Performer of the Year category in 2015 is  Ashley Jordan, Jessie Chris, Sarah Barrios, Faith Ziegler and Anna…

  • Best Emerging Artist of 2014: The Deli Magazine’s Reader’s Poll

          The Deli Magazine is a leading music industry publication with extensive coverage of the best independent musicians from all over the United States. Organized “scene by scene” (New England, NYC, Nashville, Austin, Los Angeles, etc.), this music magazine and blog is the go-to source to discover new music. Marina is honored to…

  • Supporting Les Sampou at the Rose Garden!

            Who: Marina Evans opens for Les Sampou What: American singer-songwriters, blues, country & folk Where: The Congregational Church, 17 West St., Mansfield, MA When: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, 8 pm Tickets: $20 at the door or in advance at www.rosegardenfolk.com Les Sampou makes her return to the Rose Garden Coffeehouse on Saturday, Jan. 17,…

  • Female Performer of the Year @ N.E. Music Awards!

            BIG news to start off 2015: Marina has been nominated for Female Performer of the Year at the New England Music Awards! According to their website, “The goal of NEMA is to recognize and celebrate some of the area’s best musical achievements.” The NEMA nominating committee, consisting of music journalists, radio…

  • Supporting American Idol Winner Lee DeWyze!

            This Saturday, December 20th, I am very excited to be opening for American Idol winner Lee DeWyze at the Red Room @ Cafe 939 at the Berklee College of Music! I will be in acoustic duo with Bernardo Baglioni, and we will play an opening set of my songs starting at…

  • Opening for Ellis Paul!

            It’s quite an honor to share the stage with one of today’s folk greats — and I am thrilled to be doing just that this weekend! On Saturday, 12/6, Bernardo and I are headed down to Puck Live in Doylestown, Pennsylvania where we will be opening for renowned songwriter and storyteller,…

  • Live Interview on WSUR!

    I am so excited to be interviewing LIVE on WSUR, Worcester State University‘s radio station, TODAY at 3:30pm! My interview will be part of a weekly show hosted by New England Concert Reviews, a website and media company that promotes music in New England. Providing high quality live and CD reviews along with beautiful photography,…

  • Album Review: Unbound

                  Music reviewer Bill Copeland has given a thorough and highly complementary review of Marina’s new album, Unbound (2013), in his music blog. Many thanks, Bill! Here are some excerpts: Many of her songs have a haunting quality, as if there is an underlying spirit driving them on… No…

  • Live Review: Marina Evans & Hillary Reynolds at Braintree Folk

        Opening act Marina Evans and headliner Hillary Reynolds and her band received an excellent review of their sold out concert at Braintree Folk on November 8, by music critic Jay Miller at the Patriot Ledger! An excerpt: Rockport’s Marina Evans opened with a 45-minute set of her own tunes, and she managed to…