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PRESS QUOTES:
"hauntingly beautiful" ~
L.A. Times
"the voice of an angel" ~ The Prague Post
"inspirational lyrics & a soaring voice" ~ Music Connection
“Her voice is sultry,
passionate, and full of yearning” ~ The Santa Barbara Independent
"melodic and passionate
music"
~ The Washington Post
"Angelic voice" ~ Entertainment Today
"A sweet and beautiful voice" ~ Music
Connection
"One of the most promising new
singer/songwriters of the year" ~ Keyboard Magazine
"An incredible live performer!"
~ Chicago-Music-Scene.com
"Great songs, one of the most beautiful
voices on the planet, looks to rival most Hollywood starlets ---- Marina V
seems destined for fame and fortune. Get in on the ground floor" ~ San Diego
North County Times
"Her classical training serves her musicianship
well, lending it a timeless quality and ethereal beauty, while the emotion she pours into
her singing transcends the ordinary" ~ Las Vegas City Life
"Her piano-based pop is melodic and unique" ~
Onstage Magazine
"enchanting" ~ Fresno Bee
"with her unique phrasing, breathless, smoky-sweet
and compelling vocals, she's got a sound all her own" ~ Artists Studio
Magazine
"haunting" ~ Illinois Times
"As is her life history, Something of My Own
is a bittersweet masterpiece" ~ Vteens.org
"one of the best artists I
have had the pleasure to hear in a long time." ~ Indie-Music.com
"great!" ~ XM Satellite Radio
"This isn't your average CD. It is sophisticated
while speaking to you with lyrical pictures" ~ GirlPosse.com
"Marina's ability to combine the lyricism of the
singer-songwriter with the vocal edge of the arena rocker results in a potent blend
guaranteed to hold your attention" ~ Artist Relations, AUDIX
"Russian princess of the mic with a
great groove" ~ the Global Muse.com
"the passion Marina feels for music
comes through loud & clear" ~ L.A. Times
"Her strength is the melodic
progressions of her songs, both simple yet still sounding fresh... An excellent new writer
and talent!" ~ Brian Whitney, JPFolks.com founder
"Marina's story reads like the
biography of a 1970s James Bond villainess. Born in Russia to a communist/nuclear
physicist, she grew up studying martial arts, skiing, computers, skateboarding and, of
course, playing music. She came to the States alone as a teenager to study languages,
business and politics, meanwhile enjoying stints as a model, translator, and an athlete on
a women’s hockey team. Perhaps this unique background has guided Marina in the
evolution of her intriguing style and sound." ~ ChicagoGigs.com
"she has the drive, ambition,
talent and the looks to make it work" ~ Rock
Hard Place
"an extremely talented vocalist" ~ ScoreRocks!
Magazine
"If you are looking for a solo female artist to
play, look no further than Marina" ~ New Music Weekly
"Marina V is a perfect example of Indie Music which has Appeal, Charisma and
a Top40 hook. Her sound is absolutely Magical." ~ Suite108.com
"Marina's [music] is rich and feels as through it reaches not only across the miles,
but through generations and all of time" ~ SoundAffects.net
"A classically trained pianist from Russia, Marina V
plans to take America by storm. Her new CD, "Something of My Own," offers nearly
a dozen adult-alternative tunes that sound almost too sophisticated for Top 40 radio"
~ Siren Song Magazine
"Marina V is an intriguing vocalist, pianist, and songstress.
You'll become mesmerized during Marina's Live Show" ~ Igotnoticed.com
"touching, delicate, triumphant, and wholly
absorbing debut Something of My Own. Not only is her story (Russian immigrant at an early
age - which makes her “On This Christmas Night” all the more sweet - who made
her own name, named her publishing company after the first “bright” thing she
owned, no cigarettes but still hair dye, smart parents, Beatles fan) interesting and
refreshing, but so is her music. The lyrics aren’t overly dramatic or complex, but
they need not be with Marina’s air-tight use of both the bass and treble of her
piano... Marina V spreads her breathy, honeydew voice over great harmonies and great
pacing. Instead of using her voice as the primary focus of her songs, she uses it as
another instrument, and her songs become mercurial (the best examples of this being
“Killing My Dream” and the romantic and emotive “Ocean”)." ~ Silent
Uproar Magazine
"The title track ["Something of My Own"]
by itself is so frighteningly entrancing, the rest of the disc could be blank and still
make this list [Tim Cain's Top 20 Albums]. Fortunately, there's much more,
including some whimsy mixed in with the ballads, and the Russian-language version of the
title song. She's overdue for her break." ~ Decatur Herald & Review
RECENT
PRESS:
Dec 29, 2009 The Province (British Columbia) mention/photo
Oct 22,2009 Springfield State Journal-Register (mini-feature)
Oct 24, 2009 Jacksonville Journal-Courier (feature)
Sept 2009 - Las Cruces, NM - mini feature
Aug 5, 2009 - Maryland Gazette (feature)
Jul 30, 2009 - Washington Post (Fairfax Edition)(feature)
Apr 2009 - Illinois Times (feature)
Nov 13, 2008 - The Inkwell (Armstrong Atlantic State Uni, Savannah, GA)
Sep 2008 -
Feminist Review "Modern Fairytale" review
Aug 8, 2008 The Inland Empire Press-Enterprise interview/article
July 2008 - Audio/Video Magazine (Russia)
write-up
June 2008 - SESAC Magazine article
Feb 4, 2008 - Music Connection (film/tv write-up)
Feb 2008 -
Collected Sounds "Modern Fairytale" review
Jan 2008 - Audio/Video Magazine (Russia) write-up
Dec 20, 2007 ILLINOIS TIMES, feature
Dec 7, 2007 FRESNO BEE, feature
May 24, 2007 Santa Barbara Independent
May 2007 Southbound CD reviews
Apr 2007 - Las Vegas Round the Clock show review
Apr 2007 - Music Connection concert review
Feb 2007 John Shelton Ivany Top 21
March 2007 - Ladera Ranch News (Orange county)
March 2007 - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Jan 26, 2007 - KUSI TV live performance/interview 8am
Jan 25, 2007 - San Diego North County Times - review
Jan 22 2007 KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles -
live performance/interview
Jan 13, 2007
KJZS 92.1 FM Reno, NV interview
Jan 12, 2007
KOLO TV Reno NV (abc) Channel 8 performance/interview
interview on
1460am in Los Angeles/ktym.com
Dec 30, 2006
Fresno Bee, Dec 29, 2006
Springfield State
Journal-Register, Dec 21, 2006
Illinois Times, Dec 21, 2006
Entertainment Today, Dec 15,
2006
Fresno Bee, Dec 1, 2006
Univision TV interview/performance in Spanish, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 16 & 17,
2006
Fox 8/ABC 23 news interview, Johnstown, PA -
Oct 2006
GDE, Moscow, Russia - Sept 2006
Signal Tribune, June 1, 2006
IndieTude.com June 2006
Long Beach Press-Telegram, May 26, 2006
Singer Musician Magazine, May 2006
Windy City Times, Apr 12, 2006
Illinois Times, April 6, 2006
Springfield State Journal-Register, Apr 6, 2006
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Apr 6, 2006
Fresno Bee, Mar 29, 2006
Plzensky Denik (Plzen, Czech Republic), Mar 2 2006
Mlada Fronta Dnes (Plzen, Czech Republic), Mar 2 2006
Karlovarske Noviny (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), Feb 27, 2006
The Prague Post, Feb 2006
Fresno Bee, Jan 2006
Illinois Times - Dec 2005
Springfield State Journal-Register - Dec 22,2005
Decatur Herald & Review - Dec
23, Dec 2005
Music Matters magazine - Sept 2005 interview
CollectedSounds.com - Simple Magic Review
SoundAffects.net -
Simple Magic review
Huntington
Beach, CA, Easy Reader - live review
suite108.com - mini review
Music Connection, June 2, 2005
L.A. Times, Apr 2005 - buzz bands - cd release party mention
Pasadena Weekly, Oct 2004
Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram - Fri, Oct 15, 2004
DiscoverGirls.com feature - Oct
2004
Femmuse.com concert
review, Sept 2004
Kriselen.com
Burbank Leader, Sept 2004
Glendale News-Press, Sept 2004
DeadPuppyRecords
Review, Sept 2004
Silent Uproar
Magazine, Aug 2004
Siren Song Magazine, Aug
2004
Whittier Daily News, July 16, 2004
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 16, 2004
Pasadena Star News, July 16, 2004
Saddleback Valley View (Mission Viejo, CA), July 2004
Trabuco Canyon News (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA), July 2004
Ventura County Star, June 24, 2004
L.A. Times article/interview, News Press, June 19, 2004
Music Connection (concert review) June 2004
CollectedSounds.com
interview Mar 2004
1340Mag.com review
Mar 2004
TheHereAndThere.net
review Mar 2004
The Press Telegram (Long Beach, CA) Mar 2004
SoundAffects.net
interview Feb 2004
Glendale NewsPress Feb 2004
GirlPosse.com
review Feb 2004
Musical Discoveries.com review & interview Feb 2004
Digman's World
CD
review & interview Feb 2004
Rikk's Reviews feature, Feb 2004
SongNet album review Feb 2004
TheMusicEdge.com article/interview -
Jan 30, 2004
Orange City News (OC register) article/interview- Jan 22, 2004
CollectedSounds.com
review
Las Vegas City Life article/interview- Jan 2004
Artists-Studio.org CD review- Jan 2004
Vteens.org Review - Dec 2003
Exclusive
Magazine interview - Dec 2003
Springfield State Journal-Register - Dec 21,2003
Nubzilla Cafe feature Dec 2004
Decatur Herald & Review - Dec 19, Dec 2003
Illinois Times - Dec 2003
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