Barbara Kessler (born 1962) is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She began her career performing in clubs on

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and driving an

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, then began performing at

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s in

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, and continues to be part of the Boston folk scene. Perhaps her best-known composition is "Deep Country", which first appeared on 1994's live ''Stranger to this Land''.''

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"Award-winning singer to perform"
November 25, 1994, p. 3F. Retrieved on May 27, 2013. She was also featured in the 2005 video game ''

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'' in which she performs the theme song "Dreaming My Way Home".

Discography

*''Barbara Kessler Live'' (1992) *''Stranger to This Land'' (1994) *''Notion'' (1996) *''Barbara Kessler'' (2000) *''What You Keep'' (2012)

Compilations

*''Fast Folk, Boston Revisited'' (1992) *''Big Times in a Small Town, Rounder'' (1992) *''Follow That Road, Rounder'' (1993) *''Grooves 2, Time Life Music, Warner Special Products'' (1995) *''Woman's Work, Putumayo World Music'' (1996) *''Life, AAA'' (1996) *''This Is Boston, Not Austin'' (1997) *''Big League Babe: The Christine Lavin Tribute Album, Pt. 1'' (1997) *''Women of Kerrville, Vol. 2'' (1999) *''Respond'' (1999) *''Kerville End of the Century'' (2000) *''Folk For Stroke'' (2006) *''Paint It Black: An Alt Country Tribute To The Rolling Stones'' (2011)

References

External links

Official web site
Singers from Boston American women singers American folk musicians Living people Fast Folk artists American women songwriters Songwriters from Massachusetts 1962 births 21st-century American women {{US-singer-songwriter-stub