MARO

MARO is the professional name of Portuguese composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Mariana Secca. Her velvety, arid alto frames carefully crafted songs sung in Portuguese and English. In 2018, she released her 22-track, eponymously titled debut in three volumes; she released the duo set Maro & Manel with Manuel Rocha, and It's OK, a solo collection of nine electro-acoustic folk songs in English, the same year. She spent much of 2019 with Jacob Collier and appeared on his Djesse, Vol. 2. In 2021, she guested on recordings by Gerald Clayton and the production duo Odesza. She and Nasaya collaborated on the EP Pirilampo. In 2022, she issued the 14-track duo outing Can You See Me?, written and produced with John Blanda. In 2023, she released Hortelã on Sony, which also delivered 2026's SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, a reflection on turning 30.