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Mary Spender
Spender in 2018
Personal information
Born (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 34)[citation needed]
Rinteln, West Germany[1]
Nationality
  • British
  • Irish
EducationUniversity of Bristol
Occupations
Websitemaryspender.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreMusic
Subscribers763 thousand[2]
Views100.4 million[2]
Silver Play Button100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 3 May 2025

Mary Harriet Edwina Spender (born 2 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTube personality.[3]

Biography

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Spender was born at the British Military Hospital in Rinteln, Germany, the daughter of a British Army officer. She studied classical music at the University of Bristol, including playing the viola and classical singing.[4]

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".[5][3][6][7] Her music has been broadcast on various radio stations including BBC Radio.[8]

Her YouTube channel is themed on music and music technology. It has included interviews with guitarists KT Tunstall, Jen Majura, James Valentine, Devin Townsend, Kaki King, Elle Cordova (known at the time as Reina del Cid), Josh Turner, Molly Tuttle, and Tomo Fujita. She has also appeared on other YouTube channels such as Rob Scallon, Andertons, Adam Neely, and Rick Beato. She also made a guest appearance on the quiz show Lateral.[3][9][10][5][11] She voices Mary in the cartoon movie Pastacolypse.[12][13]

Spender wrote and produced a feature-length documentary entitled "The Dire Straits Story". It was released on 6 April 2025 exclusively on Nebula streaming service. John Illsley is interviewed extensively and covers the band's full career.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "How Many Guitars Do I Own?". YouTube. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "About Mary Spender". YouTube.
  3. ^ a b c Dickson, Jamie; Mead (Guitarist), David; Spender, Mary (10 February 2020). "Mary Spender: "Record labels told me to put the guitar down. Luckily, I was stubborn enough to ignore them"". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ Josh Gardner (26 June 2019). "Mary Spender says you should always be the worst guitar player in the room". Guitar.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b Pete Carpenter (2 January 2018). "Best of Bristol: Mary Spender". Native FM. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ Tristan Cork (29 January 2017). "The Bristol Cool List: The 50 coolest Bristolians alive today". Bristol Post. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ Staff writers (24 October 2014). "Mary Spender is one to watch at Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. ^ Staff writers (3 October 2013). "Musical talent comes to Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ Mallory Rees (23 October 2019). "Mary Spender Built a Wild, Space-Themed Pedalboard". Reverb. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Tuesday Talks with Mary Spender: Merging Music and the Content Creator". Guitar Center. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  11. ^ GGM Staff (11 November 2019). "Orange Amplification Launches First Online Rock Guitar Courses Accredited by UK Government Education Authority OFQUAL". Guitar Girl Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Pastacolypse". Tubi. 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  13. ^ "I'm in a movie". YouTube. 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
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