Lost in Petrichor, the long promised third studio album from singer/songwriter Justin Marra began recording sessions over the summer of 2011 and is due out in the spring/summer of 2012.  Justin's goal for this album is to create a grand experiment by collaborating with as many of his musician friends as possible. The mantra for these sessions has been "loose and relaxed" and the mission is to have fun.  

2012

2007

Four years after the release of Raised By Hippies the much promised, and long awaited second studio release from Justin Marra is finally here. Muse captures a new sound and direction for the artist. While topical in some places (How Much Longer, Stumbling In The Blind) Muse has a personal side (Thank Ya', No Second Chances, Life In The Grey,) and provides a window into the life of a modern day singer song writer struggling to get "it" right. "A little wiser," as No Second Chances professes, and certainly with a sense of humor Muse delivers.

Shades played the first of his many shows at the Jonah Center in late 2001 while part of the short lived group "Nicco". Brad Logan, of The Jonah Community Center situated at Oakland Beach in Warwick RI, was hosting the first of what became known as the "band jams" Nicco got into the show, and the rest as they say "is history".

Andy Davis of Ataraxis, Shortwave, DR.Corporate, and The Universes began doing live recordings of shows at Jonah in late 2002 just as Shades was going Solo. He captured many of those early shows, and the recordings continued into 2005. It had been over two years since "Hippies" had been released and it was time to get something new out to the people. Working with Andy at Dr.Corporate Studios the two toiled for two weeks collecting the best tracks from across what Shades called "The Jonah Era".

"The Jonah Era" captures live recordings from the early days and some more recent memories. This is the first live album from Shades and shows the progression of his musicianship, singing, and songwriting, which culminates in "Back to the Gale" a studio track recorded at "The Old Mill House Studios" in 2004 but remained unreleased, and is planned to be the first track to the follow-up studio album to "Raised By Hippies".

Sadly the Jonah Era is now over as the Jonah Center closed its doors in early 2008.

2005

2003

Shades' (Justin Marra) first studio release "Raised By Hippies" is 38:43 of soulful honest music. The album consists of ten songs on nine tracks, eight of which are studio, and one live. All the songs on the album are written and performed by Shades himself, with the exception of track 9, "Rockin' in the Free World(Neil Young)"/"Cats in the Cradle(Harry Chapin)" featuring Mark Clifford on drums, and Jonathan Caito on bass (recorded live at Jr's Rock House). A mainly acoustic project the album does feature four electric tracks "Raised on Rock," "In The Shadow of The Royal" "Coboy Style(Ride)," and "What Happened To The World."