Barbara Brousal (born October 6, 1966) is a

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, Massachusetts–based singer-songwriter, teacher, and politician. She sings, plays guitar and

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and has composed songs on four

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with

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and Friends including the

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-winner ''Catch That Train''. Additionally, she toured with Dan Zanes and Friends from 2000 to the fall of 2006. Brousal has also released three solo albums of original material, ''Breathing Down Your Neck'' (1996), ''Pose While It Pops'' (2000), and ''Just About Perfect'' (2002). Her songs have appeared on the soap opera ''

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'' and in the

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'' Hold This.'' Brousal wrote the music for the play Brooklyn Bridge, by playwright

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, and performed in its premier at the

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in Minneapolis, MN. In 2014, Brousal, under her married name of Barbara Brousal-Glaser, was elected as an Alderman in the city of

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in a special election in September 2014. Brousal is also sister to singer-songwriter and voice actor

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, and step-daughter to writer William Hogeland.

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External links

Barbara Brousal Official Website
American women singer-songwriters American children's musicians Living people Guitarists from Massachusetts Musicians from Boston 1966 births 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts {{US-music-bio-stub