Awarded Songstress- multi-instrumentalist
Amercana's wide demographic appeal
Mary Wiles, a native Seattleite, has loved playing musical instruments and writing songs since a child. Her transparent story songs paint a movie screen of life’s stories, touching hearts with the dreams, loves, feelings and faiths that live within each of us. Her upbeat shows also include bluegrass and Americana favorites, highlighting her musicianship on harmonica, banjo, violin, mandolin, keyboards, and guitar.
Wiles performed at the Goodwill Games in 1990 and at Expo ’86 in Canada. She has also opened for Loretta Lynn, country star Tracy Byrd, and the 60’s hit making group, “The Association”.
In the Gospel world, Wiles has opened for Annie Herring of the group “2nd Chapter of Acts”, Bob Bennett, Freddie Fields of the 70’s group “Lovesong”, and the comedy act, “Isaac Air Freight”.
Wiles has been a featured artist at almost every fair and hundreds of festivals in the Northwest US, including one of the nation’s largest fairs, the Western Washington Fair.
In Nashville, after a grueling audition against 150 songwriters, Wiles was one of only a few songwriters chosen to perform her original songs at the notorious Bluebird Cafe.
Wiles has released two original albums, with the most recent inspirational Why Not Take A Chance album completed in Nashville. Four of the radio singles from this album rode in the top ten on several Christian Country music charts for four years, including one song, Waymaker, that rose all the way to #2.
“Mary is a joy to have a s a performer. The audience loved her again!”
Scott and Jan Robinson, Greater Bothell Arts Fair