A Salvador band whose 1990s songs captured Brazil's coastal rhythms and natural world.
If you want to hear what they were about, start with 'Sol e Mar' and 'Luz e Proteção'. Those two give you the coastal ballad and the rhythmic side in one go.
Maré's music matters because it documents a specific coastal Brazilian sound without trying to be everything to everyone. Their 1991 ballad 'Sol e Mar' became their signature track, but songs like 'Luz e Proteção' and 'Tempos de Paz' with P.G. Brown show their range within Bahian rhythms. They celebrated nature and local spirit in a way that feels particular to Salvador in that era.
The band formed in Salvador in 1987, drawing from samba, reggae, and axé. Their 1991 album 'Sol e Mar' gave them their defining song, and they kept recording through the mid-90s with albums like 'Maré Acústico' in 1996.
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