Marian Joy Ring- musician, singer and songwriter- spent eight years living in South America, collecting musical experiences and amassing a fortune in latin American folklore and popular Brazilian music. Accompanying herself on guitar, she also learned to play the Brazilian viola caipira and the charango, an instrument of the Andean highlands. Marian's music, full of life and energy is sung in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.
In South America, Marian's musical ear became accustomed to the polyrhythms, intricate chord progressions and exploration of chordal extensions inherent in Brazilian popular music. Her singular guitar style is a result of the layering of these influences over a basic American folk/rock foundation.
Her songs are rich with texture and imagery, multi-layered with descriptions of places, people and emotions. She lives in the Florida Keys and performs throughout the States and abroad. She has released five recordings of original and latin music on t