Hailing originally from Peru, US based, M A R is a singer, songwriter, and producer who fuses folk elements through bilingual lyrics and Latin grooves over indie-flavored acoustic guitars. M A R’s music career took off in Miami, FL with the debut release of the EP En Silencio which won him Song of the Year (2007) with his single Busca Tu Voz. Winner of the Peruvian Pride Award (2009), M A R honors his roots with love and loyalty to the place where he grew up and began playing and singing at a very young age.
With his second album Lineas 1000 and later on third release The One (2015) M A R toured different cities in North, Central, and South America. He has shared his music on national radio, and television networks such as Azteca TV, Telemundo, Mega TV, in the US and in Latin America. In 2019, M A R landed a collaboration with renowned LA music producer Billy Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Dashboard Confessional) for the making of his EP I AM I, which sold out for its release in February 2020. After the pandemic, in June 2022, M A R released a latin-urban song in a “call back to life” called Vuelve a La Vida.

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