Irish singer Mary Black was born in Dublin on May 22, 1955. We celebrate one of Ireland's favorite vocalists with a look at some of her best songs. Mary Black is widely regarded as Ireland’s premier female vocalist and today, May 22, is her birthday! What better way to celebrate than by looking at her fan's favorite performances? From “ A Song for Ireland ” to “No Frontiers," Black’s stunning vocals and beautiful songs have made her the first lady of the Irish music industry.
The five featured songs here are the most streamed Mary Black songs of all time. It's been said of Mary Black that she rarely gets a bad review and listening to these tracks you can see why. Of her 2011 album, “Stories from the Steeples,” Ireland's Hot Press said: "Mary Black instinctively makes a song her own, and her voice here is more expressively fragile than before.
The musicianship is impeccable.” Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! In her long and successful career, Black has recorded dozens of albums. Her breakthrough “No Frontiers” in 1989, featuring the haunting track "Columbus," brought her rich, clear voice and gift for storytelling to the attention of US audiences for the first time.
Black's musical roots run deep and it’s evident in her own children. Her own father was a fiddle player from the small island of Rathlin , off the coast of Antrim. By the age of eight Black was singing folk songs her brother, Shay, had taught her.
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