MARY BARRY

Artist Information

Biography

Newfoundland's ‘Jazz Chanteuse’ Mary Barry is a nationally acclaimed award-winning singer/songwriter and graduate of Vancouver Community College’s Jazz Program.

Barry is a bilingual artist whose music is described as “a goldmine of nuggets for collectors of original jazz and blues.” ..."with a glowing hint of torch in her voice."

In February, 2010 Mary Barry was selected to represent the province of Newfoundland & Labrador at the the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where she performed at the Atlantic Canada House, La Place de la Francophonie and on the Air Canada stage. Other performance highlights during 2010 include appearances at the Franco Fête en Acadie, the Festival Acadien in Caraquet, New Brunswick, the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival, the Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues Festval, and JUNOFEST. She has performed at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Le Centre Culturel Francophone de Vancouver et St-Jean, the Quebec City Summer Festival, the Magnolia Springs Alabama Jazz Festival and the Vancouver, Victoria, Halifax, St. John's and Montreal Jazz Festivals.

Barry is also an acclaimed songwriter and her second CD, These Days, which won her Female Artist of the Year and an ECMA nomination in 2005, highlights four award winning songs. Her third independent recording, Red Eye Tonight, which features musical talents Brian Way, Bill Brennan, Pat Boyle, Rick Hollett, Gary Davis, Mark Peddle and Gary Tilley, was released to rave reviews and won her both Female Artist and Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year at the Music NL Awards in 2007 and the 2009 ECMA Nomination for Jazz Recording of the Year.

Mary Barry recently released her first full length recording in French, "Chansons Irisées", which was recorded at Seismique Studio in Quebec City by Yves Drolet and Bruno Fecteau, arranger and musical director for Quebec legend Gilles Vigneault. "Chansons Irisées" is currently nominated for this year's ECMA "Francophone Album of the Year", with the ECMA Conference and Awards show taking place in Charlottetown, PEI in April, 2011.

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Biographie

Native de St-Jean, Terre-Neuve et gradué du programme Jazz du Collège Communautaire de Vancouver, Mary Barry est une auteure compositeure interprète qui s’est méritée plusieurs prix. Elle est une artiste bilingue qui a enflammée les auditoires à travers le Canada et à l’étranger, passant avec aisance du Jazz au Blues, de la chanson interprétée aux compositions originales.

Ses performances récentes incluent Franco Fête en Acadie, le Festival Acadien à Caraquet, le Festival Folk de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador et le Festival du Vent à Saint-Jean, TNL. En février, 2010 elle a réprésenté la province de terre-neuve-et-labrador à la Place de la Francophonie et à la Maison de l’Atlantique aux Jeux olympiques à Vancouver. De plus, elle a chanté en français dans la vitrine « Notre Musique, Notre Patrimoine » aux Juno’s 2010, au Théâtre l’Escaouette à Moncton pour l’émission de télévison « Luc et Luc » de Radio-Canada et au Cabaret Français et à la Scène Francophone aux ECMA’s 2009 et 2008. Elle a fait la première partie pour Daniel Lavoie au Centre Culturel Francophone de Terre-Neuve et elle a aussi chanté dans plusieurs festivals jazz à St-Jean, Halifax, Montréal, Victoria, Vancouver et à Magnolia Springs, Alabama.

Récipiendaire de plusieurs prix de composition dont le prix CBC Atlantic Song Contest, celui des Arts et Lettres de Terre-Neuve et Labrador, la bourse démo de FACTOR pour auteurs et éditeurs professionnels, Mary a aussi été retenue comme semi-finaliste au Concours international de Composition de Chansons 2006. Elle a reçu le prestigieux prix de l’Artiste de l’Année par l’Association de l’Industrie de la Musique de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador avec son deuxième disque « These Days » qui a été aussi en nomination pour l’Enregistrement Jazz/Blues de l’Année, ECMA 2005. En 2007, son troisième disque « Red Eye Tonight » a été lancé et acclamé ave

Instrumentation

Charlie Barfoot - Guitar
Sylvain Neault - Violin
Daniel Breton - Bass

Discography

CD's:
"Chansons Irisées"/ AURORA 2010
"Red Eye Tonight" / AURORA 2007
"These Days" / AURORA 2003
"Mary Barry" / AURORA 2000

SINGLES:
"Moonlight Cafe", "January" / LOST ISLAND RECORDS

Official Website

http://www.marybarry.ca

Audio

• La Fille De La Mer
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• Je T'aime Tant
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• La Lune Autour
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• La Vie En Rose
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• J'aurai Sa Peau
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• Peine D'amour
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• Les Engoulevents
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• Pourquoi C'est Comme Ça
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• Syracuse
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• Quand La Ville Dort
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• La Gare
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• Ne Me Quitte Pas
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• Red Eye Tonight
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• So Long
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• These Days
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• You're In My Skin
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Lyrics

• You're In My Skin
• Pourquoi C'est Comme Ca?

Video

Mary Barry La Fille de la Mer

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Press

• Linear Reflections- Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  “Wow! This disc blew me away right off the bat! Mary Barry delivers a sweet sound like a consummate ...“Wow! This disc blew me away right off the bat! Mary Barry delivers a sweet sound like a consummate New York jazz performer...with an expressive voice that flows over you, so sultry and passionate, the music enfolding and gripping you with a velvet covered touch…Barry is that good of a writer, her music fits in wonderfully, carrying on the timeless quality of excellent jazz.”
  
  
  

• Clinton News-Record- Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  Barry’s funked up musical stylings are reminiscent of Sadé, Joni Mitchell and a smudge of west-coast...Barry’s funked up musical stylings are reminiscent of Sadé, Joni Mitchell and a smudge of west-coast native Diana Krall.
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• EJazzNews.com - Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  "This voice is not rural! This voice is urban!! Plus, the group and Mary perform their craft with a ..."This voice is not rural! This voice is urban!! Plus, the group and Mary perform their craft with a natural musical symbiosis that is second to none. As a jazz singer, Mary possesses a unique ability to deliver her art to us with discipline and frivolity without sensationalism and waste. ...a single, clear, and vibrant voice that is I feel is singular in its feeling, spontaneity, and emotion. Definitely a keeper!"

• Ponoka News - Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  "Barry's ability to write and interpret songs is a skill that is difficult to find in most of today'..."Barry's ability to write and interpret songs is a skill that is difficult to find in most of today's music artists. Barry's voice is smooth and sensational in every way. ... Her art is truly original and her consistent style will continue to stand out among other artists."

• The Telegram - Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  "The piano flows along freely and wonderfully; the drums do just as little as they need to, and the ..."The piano flows along freely and wonderfully; the drums do just as little as they need to, and the brass, wind and percussion instruments add that delicious extra flavour, allowing the room for innovation. The vocals effortlessly switch between English and French and it proves more than pleasant. The almost miraculous aspect of Red Eye Tonight is how the improvisational style often sounds intricately composed; this is how it succeeds as a masterful blend of countless different music and playing styles ...so aside from the awards, the competitions ...just know that Mary Barry is doing her thing and is doing it beautifully and astonishingly well."

• Peterborough This Week - Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  "This third independent CD release from two-time winner at the Music Newfoundland 2007 Awards provid..."This third independent CD release from two-time winner at the Music Newfoundland 2007 Awards provides more of what has made the singer/songwriter a favourite not only here in Canada but in the U.S. and France as well ... her backing musicians provide just the right mood for Barry's immense talent."

• Camrose News - Red Eye Tonight [+ Show ]
  

  "Barry pours her heart and soul out in her music. Not just in the lyrics, but with her strong and sm..."Barry pours her heart and soul out in her music. Not just in the lyrics, but with her strong and smooth voice. Combining both talents is something that sets Barry apart from others."

• The Kitchner-Waterloo Record - These Days [+ Show ]
  

  ..."by now we all know that East Coast music encompasses more than traditional Celtic music. A case ......"by now we all know that East Coast music encompasses more than traditional Celtic music. A case in point is St. John's native Mary Barry, who writes songs in two languages spanning jazz, blues, roots, country, cabaret, chanson, and worldbeat ... with a versatile, expressive voice that strikes to the heart of whatever style of song she is performing."

• The Measure - These Days [+ Show ]
  

  ..." the arranging and instrumentation create perfect moods and scenery behind Mary's words, drawing......" the arranging and instrumentation create perfect moods and scenery behind Mary's words, drawing upon both European and South American influences ... on top of honest lyric writing, beautifully sung melodies and flawless playing, the production is excellent ... the lady can definitely sing the blues."

• The Sunday Independent - These Days [+ Show ]
  

  ..."classy, yet filled with soulful wisdom, These Days is representative of Mary Barry's incomparabl......"classy, yet filled with soulful wisdom, These Days is representative of Mary Barry's incomparable skill in composing and emotive vocal quality; with songs that swing, charge en francais, drift light and airy, and above all, speak to you like a song should."

Setlist

Typically Mary Barry performs a 75-90 minute show in a concert/soft-seater setting, and two fifty minute sets in a club setting.

90% of Mary Barry's show is comprised of original songs that she composed. A quarter of her songs are French compositions, with a few French classics like "La Vie en Rose" and "Ne Me Quitte Pas", along with some jazz and blues standards. For a Francophone audience, Mary will perform all the songs from her French album, "Chansons Irisées" .

"Chansons Irisées" est un voyage sensuel et apaisant, un mélange de mélodies douces, d’un jazz sophistiqué, cabaret joyeux, et teinté de musiques du monde. Cest une compilation de compositions originales de Mary Barry ainsi que d’interpretation des chansons de la poète Québécoise Christine Bernard et de l’icône de la chansons française, Édith Piaf.

...."une voix chaude, jazzée avec la chaleur de bossa nova, ce qu'on découvre en écoutant la musique de Mary Barry." Luc LeBlanc, Radio-Canada

« Chansons Irisées est un arc-en-ciel de mélodies magnifiques pour une voix envoûtante qu'est celle de Mary Barry. Cette pianiste, auteur-compositrice-interprète de Terre-Neuve et Labrador a fait appel au génie de Bruno Fecteau pour la direction musicale et la réalisation de ce petit bijou.»
Marc Lalonde, Promotions Marc Lalonde

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