{"name":"Mary Black","title":"Mary Black","id":2606,"slug":"mary-black","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2606/?format=json","bio_short":"Mary Black is an Irish singer. She was born on 23rd May 1955, in Dublin, to a musical family. Her father had been a fiddler, her mother a singer, and her brothers have their own group. She sang in her family's group in her youth.  She went on to play in other groups including the traditional Irish band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/De+Dannan\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">De Dannan</a> from 1984-1986. After 1986 she had a successful solo career where she went on to try contemporary styles ranging from jazz to country. She was named &quot;Best Female Artist&quot; in the IRMA poll in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1996. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/MaryBlackpng.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2496,"title":"The Rose of Allendale","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-rose-of-allendale/"}]}