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Artist
Wendy MaHarry
12+ albums
female vocalistsfolksinger-songwriterindieMellow
about
Wendy MaHarry is a New York-based singer-songwriter, composer, and painter. MaHarry has released three studio albums: "Wendy Maharry" (1990), "Fountain of Youth" (1991), and "Released" (2000) - the latter of which was a self-published double-album, and later re-released in the Netherlands in 2002. MaHarry's music is piano-based, and has been compared to Jill Sobule, Tori Amos, and Marianne Faithfull. Her artwork has been described as "magic realism" in style, and her medium is oil pastel. MaHarry was born in Indianapolis, raised in Rochester, and was educated in Buffalo. She came from a creative family, and her artistic inclanations were refined at a very young age. She began writing songs in third grade. Along with piano, MaHarry also played the flute in elementary school, and the french horn in her high school's band. When she wasn't playing music in her youth, she was running track, playing basketball, swimming, ice skating, and pursuing her other artistic passion - painting. While living in Rochester at the age of 16, MaHarry recorded a simple piano and vocal demo tape of a few songs she had written, and her father suggested she give the tape to Dwight Marcus, who would later produce her debut album for A&M. At the time, MaHarry's father was the Executive Vice President of the same advertising agency as Marcus, who worked on commercial jingles. MaHarry recieved an encouraging letter from Marcus which would be the extent of their first encounter, until four years later w
