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Carino’s singing has been called, “powerful to the point of bringing you to tears” (Straight No Chaser) ; her music, “enchanting - a testament to the healing powers of rhythm” (Nylon); her lyrics, “poetic, filled with imagery” (New York Post)
Hailing from Brooklyn NY, Carino’s musical saga began in 2003 with <a href="spotify:artist:0rovnR8BLWZl3M2iSjW19G" data-name="Mudville">Mudville</a>, a band that produced three critically-acclaimed post-trip-hop-electro-jazz albums. Marilyn was praised as “<a href="spotify:artist:7G1GBhoKtEPnP86X2PvEYO" data-name="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a> coming back from the dead to front <a href="spotify:artist:6bWxFw65IEJzBYjx3SxUXd" data-name="Morcheeba">Morcheeba</a>" (Rhapsody)
On her 2011 solo album, Little Genius and 2016's Leaves, Sadness, Science (featuring ‘War and Peace’, co-written and performed by <a href="spotify:artist:4KWTAlx2RvbpseOGMEmROg" data-name="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> bassist Mike Mills), the music went spare, sexy and thick, her affecting, elegantly gritty voice soaring above violent organs and chunky beats, smoky-dark production, and themes digging for hope
After a UK tour in 2016 she abandoned America forever to live in Scotland, and did multi-year performances at Doune, Kelburn and Eden festivals until Covid and burnout made her quit music altogether.
In 2023, she joined forces with <a href="spotify:artist:2Q4FnG5T6NTUcAAZwuMV5K" data-name="Del Amitri">Del Amitri</a> keyboardist Andy Alston and <a href="spotify:artist:2u7xZP39dtED9EuRX9MUwu" data-name="Orange Juice">Orange Juice</a>’s James Kirk to form <a href="spotify:artist:6yxHizNNvG4rBhCy8L7Vjx" data-name="Crooked Timbers">Crooked Timbers</a>, releasing an album of original songs, and an album of songs based on the National Gallery of Scotland’s collection of 17th-19th-century broadsides
In 2025 she completed a seven-song EP, SISTER, a collection of dub, soul, electro, and trip-hop-infused songs reflecting the passion and complexity of her relationships with the women in her life
Hailing from Brooklyn NY, Carino’s musical saga began in 2003 with <a href="spotify:artist:0rovnR8BLWZl3M2iSjW19G" data-name="Mudville">Mudville</a>, a band that produced three critically-acclaimed post-trip-hop-electro-jazz albums. Marilyn was praised as “<a href="spotify:artist:7G1GBhoKtEPnP86X2PvEYO" data-name="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a> coming back from the dead to front <a href="spotify:artist:6bWxFw65IEJzBYjx3SxUXd" data-name="Morcheeba">Morcheeba</a>" (Rhapsody)
On her 2011 solo album, Little Genius and 2016's Leaves, Sadness, Science (featuring ‘War and Peace’, co-written and performed by <a href="spotify:artist:4KWTAlx2RvbpseOGMEmROg" data-name="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> bassist Mike Mills), the music went spare, sexy and thick, her affecting, elegantly gritty voice soaring above violent organs and chunky beats, smoky-dark production, and themes digging for hope
After a UK tour in 2016 she abandoned America forever to live in Scotland, and did multi-year performances at Doune, Kelburn and Eden festivals until Covid and burnout made her quit music altogether.
In 2023, she joined forces with <a href="spotify:artist:2Q4FnG5T6NTUcAAZwuMV5K" data-name="Del Amitri">Del Amitri</a> keyboardist Andy Alston and <a href="spotify:artist:2u7xZP39dtED9EuRX9MUwu" data-name="Orange Juice">Orange Juice</a>’s James Kirk to form <a href="spotify:artist:6yxHizNNvG4rBhCy8L7Vjx" data-name="Crooked Timbers">Crooked Timbers</a>, releasing an album of original songs, and an album of songs based on the National Gallery of Scotland’s collection of 17th-19th-century broadsides
In 2025 she completed a seven-song EP, SISTER, a collection of dub, soul, electro, and trip-hop-infused songs reflecting the passion and complexity of her relationships with the women in her life
