Tag: bluegrass

  • 2025: NEW ALBUM

    Marina & Berna return to the studio this winter to record a new album! Featuring seven new originals and two covers, this record takes a turn into bluegrass territory — mando, banjo, upright bass and a helluva lotta toe tapping — counterbalanced with the raw emotion of traditional ballads. Themes of distance and reconnection echo…

  • Summer shows!

                    Hello, hello! I write from a glowing screen in an old stone house in the hills of Chianti, the dark green Persian blinds drawn tight against the summer swelter outside. The wheat sways and glows gold, spilling down the hillside to the well in the valley below.…

  • This weekend: Portland, ME and New York City!

                This weekend, Marina & Berna hit the road for two intimate acoustic (and FREE!) shows. The first is on Friday, 3/10 up in the salty city of Portland, ME: we will play two original sets on the newly-renovated stage at Port City Blue, one of Portland’s coziest venues for…

  • “A Part of Something Bigger” — Live Review!

                      Last weekend, Bernardo and I were honored to share the stage with rising star Adam Ezra and his fabulous band at the beautiful Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA. Several days later, while still riding high on the show’s good vibes, we were…

  • Rising Stars in Folk: Marina Evans & Alice Howe

                        Friday, March 3: Singer/songwriters Alice Howe and Marina Evans join forces for a night of original acoustic music at The Burren. The Boston-born songwriters have traveled far and wide with their music — in Alice‘s case, to the western shores of Seattle, and in Marina’s…

  • Opening for the Adam Ezra Group!

                Saturday, February 25: Marina & Bernardo head down to Fall River, MA to support New England favorite the Adam Ezra Group at the Narrows Center for the Arts! Marina’s sultry voice and Bernardo’s gritty slide guitar are a perfect warmup to the rollicking, heartfelt, socially conscious music of AEG,…

  • Live In-Studio Recording/Concert at EvoRad!

            Friday, August 19: Join Marina & Bernardo for an intimate acoustic experience at the Evolvement Radio studios in Newburyport, MA! We will be play an all-original concert that’s going to be recorded LIVE — and we’d love for you to be a part of it! Included with your donation at the…