Don’t miss M A R & The Marmaladies (featuring Billy Litz) on Saturday, March 9. Madelyne Ilana opens. 7 p.m. show, 6 p.m. doors. $15 advance / $18 at the door.
Peruvian born and US based, M A R is a non-binary/trans singer, songwriter, and producer who fuses pop-folk elements through bilingual lyrics and indie-flavored acoustic guitars.
In early 2020, M A R packed the Wortham Theater in Asheville NC for the release of his EP I AM I, a collaboration with renowned LA music producer Billy Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Dashboard Confessional). Early June 2022, M A R released his latin-urban song “Vuelve a La Vida” with his collective Les Graines de Porcelaine, and later in August the indie-electronic single “Hollow” currently streaming steady in Finland and other European countries, as well as US and South America.
Recipient of the 2022 LGTBQ+ Emerging Artist Award, and founder of Óyelo Music Productions, recently M A R debuted an original and autobiographical piece in the iconic Swannanoa Solstice production at Wortham Center.
Billy Litz: Kid Billy is the solo Americana/Blues/Ragtime project from Billy Litz, a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a lust for songwriting and member of the Asheville, NC based band Hustle Souls.
Madelyne Ilana: Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Madelyn Ilana is a songwriter, ambient dream folk composer, violinist, music teacher, and healing arts practitioner.