Marica | tl

There are multiple artists with the name Marica: 1) A 5-piece Serbian deathrash metal band formed in the summer of 2013. The members are Marko Jocić (vocals), Nikola Petrović (guitar), Vladan Burgić (guitar), Sava Živanović (bass guitar), and Mihajlo Stefanović (drums). So far, the band has recorded one EP named ''Subliminal'' and is now in preparation for their first studio album. 2) A Japanese vocalist who debuted in 2001. She is a member of the Funczion SOUNDS and MAORICA music circles and her songs have appeared in multiple GWAVE compilation CDs. She mainly sings theme songs for video games. .

Marica Hiraga is Japan’s leading jazz vocalist with a rich talent both in expression and technique. Her professional career began in 1981 after she was awarded the Asia Music Award in Hong Kong. She has acquired her understanding and feeling of jazz by performing and traveling between Tokyo and New York. Her first Jazz standard album, My Shining Hour, was released in 2001, and won the Best Singing Techniques award at the 19th Japan Jazz Vocal Award hosted by Jazz World magazine in 2003. Her 2nd album, Faith, released in 2006, was recorded with Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern Trio....