Mary Barry was born on May 5,1955 and is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
11 Facts About Mary Barry
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Mary Barry was born in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and is one of five children to parents Patrick Barry and Teresa Barry.
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Mary Barry attended high school at Holy Heart before studying Languages and French Literature at Memorial University.
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Mary Barry performed with singer Holly Hogan in 2007 at the Writers at Woody Point Festival in Gros Morne National Park.
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Mary Barry won two awards at the 2007 MusicNL awards: Female Artist of the Year and Jazz and Blues Artist of the Year.
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Mary Barry performed at the corresponding awards show that year.
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Mary Barry was again nominated for the title of Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards.
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On January 23,2010, Mary Barry performed at a concert in support of relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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On November 22,2013, Mary Barry released "Legendary", which was nominated for Jazz Recording of the Year at the 2014 Music NL Awards.
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In November 2015, Mary Barry announced that she had pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease, for which she travelled to Germany for treatment.
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Mary Barry is currently in pre-production for the upcoming release of her sixth independent recording in 2021 featuring the Atlantic String Quartet.