The Mary Black Songbook

The Mary Black Song Book. Mary Black is an Irish singer who has embraced both the Irish folk tradition and modern styles. She is one of the most successful Irish singers of her generaton and has achieved a great deal of success both at home and abroad.

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The Mary Black Song Book

Mary Black is an Irish singer. She was born in 1955 to a musical family. Her father had been a fiddler, her mother a singer, and her brothers have their own group. She sang in her family's group in her her youth and her mother Patty had a song in her brothers' 1996 album, What A Time/Shay, Michael and Martin Black.

She went on to play in other groups including the traditional Irish band De Dannan from 1984-1986. After 1986 she had a successful solo career where she went on to do try contemporary styles ranging from jazz to country. She was named 'Best Irish Female Artist' in the Irish Recorded Music Awards poll for two years running. Her albums include 'Mary Black', 'By the Time it Gets Dark', 'Without the Fanfare', 'No Frontiers', 'The Holy Ground', 'Babes in the Wood', 'Circus' and 'Shine'.

For a number of years, What Hi-Fi? magazine considered Black's voice to be so pure that it was used as an audiophile benchmark for comparing the sound quality of different high fidelity systems.

Details

Condition: New Paperback A4 size (96 Pages)

IBSN: 0952-2864-0-8

Publisher: Dara Records Compiled by Declan Sinnott

Song List

Anachie Gordon - Crusader - Lovin' You - Song For Ireland - Ellis Island - Without The Fanfare - Once In A Very Blue Moon - By The Time It Gets Dark - Katie - Carolina Rua - Columbus - No Frontiers - Past The Point of Rescue - Bright Blue Rose - Babes in the Wood - Adam At the Window - Thorn Upon the Rose - Only a Woman's Heart