My Music Episode 327 - Marla Mase

f there's a qualification list to be a modern day renaissance woman, Marla Mase checks all the boxes - writer, actor, musician, raconteur and, above all, magnetic performer. Although she's been immersed in all manner of the arts for almost three decades, she didn't emerge from her musical cocoon until the early 2000s. Since then, she's performed to rapturous audiences from the Bowery to Beijing, collaborated with iconic producer/bassist Bill Laswell, received a Messenger of Peace award from The Friends of the UN, launched True Groove Records with songwriter/guitarist/producer Tomás Doncker, and holds the unique distinction of having all of her albums transformed into full theatrical productions. Her most recent EP, The Fine Art Of Pissing In The Bushes Vol 1. is available worldwide.  Volume 2 is due to be released at the end of January 2024.  A native Brooklynite, Marla is a whirlwind creative force unto herself.  Her gritty poetic vision regardless of the medium is singularly MASE - both fearless and fearful, comical and devastating, resilient and vulnerable.