Mary Barry's Bio (358 words)

Jazz, Blues and Chanson: "original songs that are so good they sound like standards".

"Newfoundland's Jazz Chanteuse" Mary Barry is an award-winning singer, composer, teacher 
and a graduate of Vancouver Community College's Jazz Program. She is a bilingual artist 
whose music has been described as "... a gold mine of nuggets for collectors of original 
jazz and blues" ..."with a glowing hint of torch in her voice". 

Barry's third independent recording entitled "Red Eye Tonight" features musical giants Brian Way, 
Patrick Boyle, Bill Brennan, Gary Davis, Rick Hollett, Mark Peddle, and Gary Tilley. The CD 
was released to rave reviews and won Barry both Female Artist and Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year 
at the 2007 Music Industry Awards of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Throughout her career, she has performed and recorded with other stellar musicians 
such as Elmer Gill, Jeff Johnston, Jim Vivian, John Nugent, Dave Burton, Chris Mitchell, 
Bruce Dixon, Miles Black, Rick Kilburn, Graham Ord, Craig Scott, Jean Pierre Zanella and Jesse Zubot. 

Barry's performances include the Vancouver, St. John's and Montreal Jazz Festivals, 
Le Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, 
the Writer's Festival in Gros Morne National Park, the Magnolia Springs Alabama Jazz Festival, 
and Le Festival International de Musique de Femmes in Paris, France.

Barry is well recognized for her song writing talent, having won several songwriting awards 
and making it into the semi-finals in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition, the 
only Canadian to make it that far in the Jazz category. Barry's second CD These Days, 
which won her MIANL Female Artist of the Year and an ECMA nomination for Jazz Recording 
of the Year in 2005, also features four award winning songs.
 
Mary Barry lives in St. John's, Newfoundland  where she also works as a writer/broadcaster, voice 
over artist, voice teacher and vocal coach. She is currently preparing to tour the 2008 
summer festival circuit to promote her latest release "Red Eye Tonight".