Hollywood Steve Rangel with HOUSTON MUSIC NEWS ...
The album 'Believe in Love' has more artist integrity than the last five American Idol winners combined. This is a gifted and honest artist. Does size matter? Dynamite comes in small packages, and marina is a little blond chick that weighs in at a mere 100 lb. Plus tax.
The size that matters here is the size of marina's heart- it is as big as Texas (which just happens to be her born-and-raised home state). Her super-sized heart beats in the chest of a beautiful, young woman on a mission to open your mind and rock your world! Born in Austin during a summertime heat wave, she arrived in this world smoking and she has never cooled off. Her mom, who still lives in Austin, bought marina her first guitar and she played it till her little kid fingers bled- and then she played it some more! When marina turned 12 or 13, her mom bought her a Marshall stack instead of a party dress. ^#^marina's semi-autobiographical composition, 'Shero', reflects her deep feelings of love and gratitude for a parent able to appreciate and support a daughter's indefatigable pursuit of the 'beat of a different drummer'. A young woman in a man's world (especially the chauvinistic world of rock & roll), could be forgiven for getting discouraged and giving up. Giving up is not something that someone as determined as marina does very often.
It is simply not in her makeup to quit, and her persistence and resilience has paid off in a fiercely loyal regional following. Without a doubt, the most intense of these fans are the Harley-Davidson riding crowd who loves serious guitar players and honest, unpretentious, hard working people in general. But she won!t ride motorcycles! She says she promised her mom she wouldn't. Hard-rocking marina fronts a high-energy power-trio based in Houston. This band rocks with a passion not often encountered in a cover-band and they have worked into the set list several original marina tunes that have become oft-requested crowd favorites.
The band is edgy and guitarist/vocalist marina is a performer that feeds off a good crowd and she is always full of surprises! They have played major venues with well-known names of rock royalty...such as Boston, Styx, Aerosmith, Kansas, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, and America, just to name a few.
They continue to conquer new objectives on an almost routine basis. The band broke into the playlist at KFAN radio station in the Texas hill country with the marina composition 'John Wayne' and in July 2006 the unplugged/solo version of the song hit # 1 on Texas Top 40.com A total of four of her originals songs have charted in the top five on Texas Top 40.com Now for something completely different! In response to popular and persistent fan demand, marina has put together a CD with a dozen a dozen unplugged-style versions of her most requested original tunes.
The result is a delightfully spontaneous and challenging body of work that holds up under repeated listenings and stands up to critical comparisons with even the great, recognized practitioners of the song-writing craft.
The compositions are shining examples of epic story-telling delivered by the writer/performer with unwavering conviction and a fire-in-the-belly ferocity. The ballads are the real hidden treasures. Even after you hear them several times and and familiarity sets in, the hook-laden ballads still have the power and reach to catch you off your emotional guard. ^#^marina enjoys the intimacy of performing acoustic-solo in small rooms and she has begun to do this type of gig more and more frequently. She appreciates any venue where the song-writing is the star and she has adapted well to the demands of being the dazzling delivery system for her musical creations. Here,the embedded message contained in the lyrics never gets drowned out or stepped on by the roar of a high-intensity rock band. Yes,size does matter and sometimes smaller is bigger. Big things are in marina's future. Don't miss the artistry and excitement of the pretty little lady with the pretty big bang! Sb-mgmt Update! ...
May 4, 20
