A Song In Her Heart

Mary Kathleen Burke developed her lifelong passion for music through being exposed to regular performances at parties and events within the family home and local community in the small village of Park in County Derry, Northern Ireland.

Singing from a young age, by the time she was 15 years old Mary had learned guitar and keyboards and had played with a country band. Later she moved on to solo performance.

Seeking to expand her horizons, Mary moved to Scotland at the tender age of sixteen to pursue a career in music. Mary played in a range of different venues around the country as a solo artist, performing mostly Irish and Scottish traditional or roots music. By the age of nineteen she had written her first song – My Scotsman And Thee, included on this album.