http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61792&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rssWhile perhaps not as well known as Enya or Sinead O'Connor, Mary Black is one of Ireland's most significant female singers. Born into an intensely musical family -- her father was a fiddler from Rathlein Island and her mother a singer -- Black was learning Irish folk at the knee of her older brother Shay by the time she was eight years old. She came to take much joy in singing, and fortunately for her she was blessed with a remarkably pure, if not overly powerful, voice. After releasing one solo album in the early 1980s, the offbeat traditional Irish band DeDannan asked Black to join. Join she did, touring with the band for three years (leaving her children in the care of her husband Joe). But the call of her solo career proved strong, and she ultimately returned to it in 1986. After a string of gold albums in Ireland, 1987's <i>By the Time It Gets Dark</i> went multiplatinum and the chart-topping, triple-platinum <I>No Frontiers</i> (1989) followed quickly on its heels. Though she's a traditional singer of considerable talent, Black has never limited her career to Celtic folk, taking on pop and other influences as they suited her. - Sarah BardeenCelticen720Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:38:03 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61792&variant=artist-playlists&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss While perhaps not as well known as Enya or Sinead O'Connor, Mary Black is one of Ireland's most significant female singers. Born into an intensely musical family -- her father was a fiddler from Rathlein Island and her mother a singer -- Black was learning Irish folk at the knee of her older brother Shay by the time she was eight years old. She came to take much joy in singing, and fortunately for her she was blessed with a remarkably pure, if not overly powerful, voice. After releasing one solo album in the early 1980s, the offbeat traditional Irish band DeDannan asked Black to join. Join she did, touring with the band for three years (leaving her children in the care of her husband Joe). But the call of her solo career proved strong, and she ultimately returned to it in 1986. After a string of gold albums in Ireland, 1987's <i>By the Time It Gets Dark</i> went multiplatinum and the chart-topping, triple-platinum <I>No Frontiers</i> (1989) followed quickly on its heels. Though she's a traditional singer of considerable talent, Black has never limited her career to Celtic folk, taking on pop and other influences as they suited her. - Sarah Bardeen http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.30219583&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Vocal/Easy Listening Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:48:07 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 30219583 ply.30219583 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.30219583&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.30030179&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:11:10 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 30030179 ply.30030179 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.30030179&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29579951&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Soul/R&B Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:59:54 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 29579951 ply.29579951 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.29579951&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26671545&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:30:35 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 26671545 ply.26671545 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26671545&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26559715&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:42:53 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 26559715 ply.26559715 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.26559715&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25807222&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Folk Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:41:46 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 25807222 ply.25807222 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25807222&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25326390&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:41:24 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 25326390 ply.25326390 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.25326390&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.24343623&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:00:10 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 24343623 ply.24343623 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.24343623&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20488884&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:58:49 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 20488884 ply.20488884 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20488884&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20053450&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:26:46 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 20053450 ply.20053450 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.20053450&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.14093793&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:17:08 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 14093793 ply.14093793 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.14093793&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13451676&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:53:12 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 13451676 ply.13451676 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13451676&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13279871&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:13:18 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 13279871 ply.13279871 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.13279871&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.12928692&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:52:46 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 12928692 ply.12928692 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.12928692&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.12137736&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:00:57 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 12137736 ply.12137736 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.12137736&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11098909&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:16:59 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 11098909 ply.11098909 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.11098909&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10745872&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:27 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 10745872 ply.10745872 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10745872&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10254926&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:17:36 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 10254926 ply.10254926 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.10254926&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.9483580&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:06:16 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 9483580 ply.9483580 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.9483580&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.9197126&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:41:00 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 9197126 ply.9197126 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.9197126&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8920729&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:46:49 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 8920729 ply.8920729 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8920729&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8920149&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss Rock/Pop Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:18:12 -0700 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 8920149 ply.8920149 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8920149&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8926201&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss World/Reggae Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:42:52 -0800 Playlists Featuring Mary Black on Rhapsody Online 8926201 ply.8926201 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=ply.8926201&variant=play&rws=%2Fmary-black%2Fplaylists.rss