How can you not love Mara Hruby? The beautiful, emotive singer-songwriter blessed concertgoers at SF Jazz’s 30th Annual Summer Jazz musical festival at the Stanford Shopping Center Thursday, June 30th 2016 in Palo Alto, California. Backed by band members guitarist Jon Monahan, percussionist Dame the Drummer, and bassist Mike Shiono, Ms. Hruby offered two amazing 40-minute sets that each spanned 8 songs.

Dressed in her signature vintage attire, she played some of her more somber tracks, including two Torch Songs from her 2014 EP Archaic Rapture. during the first half of the show that finished just before sunset. During the second half, she took a more triumphant course. In addition to sharing her amazing music, she also sold her homemade jams, knitted scarves, and beaded bracelets. Afterwards, new and old fans lined up to greet her.

More about Mara Hruby: www.marahruby.com

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The Museum of Light series, “Conversations in Light”– that explores the alchemy of the artists’ journey– recently sat down in-studio with singer/songwriter Mara Hruby at Heritage Recording Co. in Los Angeles, to discuss her creative process. On the heels of the NPR premiere of her music video for “In the Wee Small Hours,” a song from her 2014 EP Archaic Rapture, Hruby opens up about why she chose to express her heartache via covering jazz songs.

“I was writing about it on my own time but I wasn’t ready to share what my writings were about,” she tells “Conversations in Light,” “which is why I felt it was the best therapy for me to do all those jazz standard songs because it was a way for me to cycle through my emotions without directly having to talk about what mine particularly were.”

See Hruby expound on finding her light in the exclusive interview with music journalist Billy Johnson Jr. above!

You can also find this story and others from The Museum of Light at RESPECT Magazine.

The Museum of Light curators:

Joslyn Rose Lyons, Billy Johnson Jr., Matt Smith, Malik Buie, Rafael Casal, Adell Henderson.

For more info on The Light visit:

http://www.themuseumoflight.com/
https://instagram.com/museumoflight/
https://twitter.com/museumoflight

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It’s looking like 2014 is going to be a breakout year for artists that produce rich soul/r&b tunes and Mara Hruby is one of the artists that is leading the way. Recently, Mara released a video for “Cry Me A River” in support of her Archaic Rapture EP that will be available March 18^th.  Her musical style, which can be described as a soulful infusion of jazz and r&b, is captivating and reminiscent of music of the 1940s. Listeners can expect Mara’s new EP to be a storyboard expressing pain, strength and vulnerability. Watch the video below and be sure to purchase “Cry Me A River” on iTunes.

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This is dope. Was just put on to the lovely Mara Hruby who’s making noise on the YouTube front by covering a wide range of songs in her own very lovely, unique way. Check out her cover of Mos Def’s The Panties (classic) which is, for all intents and purposes, quite good.

Her Website– easily enough– is simply her name. Check it out here

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