Ready for the Holidays - book now. A Jazz, Blues, Country Singer. Soulful, sexy and sultry Marlena’s heartfelt song interpretations are uniquely her own. Her haunting vocal styling will linger long after the music ends. Professional in appearance, with a venue appropriate dress to impress approach to a show. She can transition between a smooth lounge type of a performance to a up-beat high energy interactive show. Audience engagement, articulate, personable, and professional, Marlena is all that is to be expected of an entertainer. Large sound with small footprint. Complete state of the art PA system can accommodate a outdoor stadium to small intimate venue. Volume tailored to your needs.
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Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes
Complete high quality sound system, can fill and outdoor stadium or small intimate venue. Volume tailored to your needs. Small footprint – little space required. Entertainers come dressed to impress - appropriate for the time and venue. The sound on videos is what will be experienced live. Will arrive early, conduct a sound check and ready to start on time. Audience engagement or background music at your discretion.
Soulful, sexy and sultry Marlena’s heartfelt interpretations are uniquely her own. Her haunting vocal styling will linger long after the music ends.
Her New CD Release 6/20/2015
"My Heart to Yours" is available on ITUNES and other music distribution sites
Marlena’s musical influences, in part, arose from her early life growing up in the “melting pot” of Jamaica Queens, NY (the same neighborhood of Fifty Cent’s youth). As a young child, she would hear, late into the summer evenings, the soulful sound of Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Donna Summer, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington as they wafted through her bedroom window, from the nearby park. Malena irritated her sister as she would pick up a hairbrush and sing along at the top of her lungs – the beginnings of her soulful sound.
Starting at the age of 10, Marlena, the daughter of a minister, sang gospel in church, and on Saturdays performed a capella versions of the same on the mean streets of New York, drawing a crowd to whom her father preached. These experiences honed her voice, enabling her to emote and greatly connect with all that have the pleasure to hear her sing.
Developing a burning desire to escape the neighborhood of her youth, she attended the prestigious School of Art and Design in Manhattan. Eventually, she worked, modeled, and sang, while living in the artistic community of Soho, NY. This is where she developed her great versatility as a female vocalist, singing in multiple bands in and around New York City, ranging in style from garage, to funk, to torch and at venues as diverse as sticky dive bars and the famed Studio 54.
Now performing in the Los Angeles, CA area: Jazz, Blues, country, and Standards.
She is a rare combination of flash and class and has a mischievous approach to life that is reflected in her vocal stylings
All that it is needed is a 120v electrical outlet and a cleared space as small as 6 feet by 6 feet that is free of water and protected from the sun.
Friday
Golden Spur
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Hotel Casa425
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Country
Jazz
Blues
Standards
Marlena’s musical influences, in part, arose from her early life growing up in the “melting pot” of Jamaica Queens, NY (the same neighborhood of Fifty Cent’s youth). As a young child, she would hear, late into the summer evenings, the soulful sound of Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Donna Summer, Etta James, Billie Holaday, and Nina Samone, as they wafted through her bedroom window, from the nearby park. Malena irritated her sister as she would pick up a hairbrush and sing along at the top of her lungs – the beginnings of her soulful sound.
Starting at the age of 10, Marlena, the daughter of a minister, sang gospel in church, and on Saturdays performed a capella versions of the same on the mean streets of New York, drawing a crowd to whom her father preached. These experiences honed her voice, enabling her to emote and greatly connect with all that have the pleasure to hear her sing.
Developing a burning desire to escape the neighborhood of her youth, she attended the prestigious School of Art and Design in Manhattan. Eventually, she worked, modeled, and sang, while living in the artistic community of Soho, NY. This is where she developed her great versatility as a female vocalist, singing in multiple bands in and around New York City, ranging in style from garage, to funk, to torch and at venues as diverse as sticky dive bars and the famed Studio 54. She even opened for Madona.
She is a rare combination of flash and class and has a mischievous approach to life that is reflected in her vocal stylings
Jazz Singer
