The voice of Ireland!

A major star in her native Ireland since the release of her debut album in 1982, Mary Black has a crystal clear voice of uncommon beauty and expressiveness. It's one of those voices that seems to reveal something new every time you hear it, and it has lost none of its purity as Mary has explored traditional and more contemporary material–she's been a key figure in the international revival of Irish music, but she's equally at home in American genres from country to soul. After hearing her, the San Francisco Chronicle's Joel Selvin wrote that "she connected emotionally with her material practically on a molecular level." Tonight's show at The Ark is one of just about a dozen appearances in the U.S. on Mary Black's current tour.