Tag: folk

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Supporting Hillary Reynolds Band @ Braintree Folk

                        Saturday, November 8: Marina and Bernardo will be performing in acoustic duo in support of the incredible Hillary Reynolds Band at All Souls Parish Hall, hosted by Braintree Folk! The Hillary Reynolds Band “invites listeners into a transcendent folk experience. The quintet charms with campfire…

  • Two Lively Performers at Hingham Coffeehouse

        From WickedLocal Hingham, News from the Hingham Journal (Hingham, MA): For Hingham’s Coffeehouse off the Square show to open the Thanksgiving season, Marina Evans and our own Eric Eldering Cornetta will be playing. A new face and voice for us is the widely traveled Marina Evans. She combines strong, even sultry vocals, unusual…

  • Opening for Loudon Wainwright III!

                  BIG NEWS, everybody: I am thrilled to be opening for folk legend Loudon Wainwright III on Sunday, July 27 at the gorgeous Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, MA! With a stunning stage suspended over the waters of Sandy Bay, the Shalin Liu represents the leaps and bounds…

  • Marina Plays at the Vanilla Bean

    From the Worcester Telegram:             July 10, 2014 — There’s an appealing romanticism to Marina Evans’ “California,” a song in which the Golden State stands for some better future while the song’s persona stands amid the rubble. The sweet-voiced singer-songwriter brings a sort of wistfulness to the song that creates…