Mary Spender (born 2 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist and

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. Spender writes and performs original songs. Her guitar style has been described as "crisp" with a "harmonically rich, percussive style" and her songwriting as "confessional" and "sultry". Her music has been broadcast on various radio stations including

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. Her YouTube channel is themed on music and music technology. It has included interviews with guitarists

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, James Valentine,

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, and Tomo Fujita. She has also appeared on other YouTube channels such as '' Andertons'', ''

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'' and ''That Pedal Show''. Spender was born at the British Military Hospital in

Rinteln Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In rela ...

, Germany, the daughter of a British Army officer. She studied

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at the University of Bristol, including playing the viola and classical singing.

References

External links

Official YouTube channel
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spender, Mary British women singer-songwriters British women guitarists Music YouTubers Musicians from Bristol Musicians from Brighton and Hove Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol 1990 births People from Rinteln Musicians from Lower Saxony