Cindy Kallet is an American
folk
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singer-songwriter from
New England
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She currently performs solo, with Grey Larsen, and as part of the trio of Kallet, Epstein & Cicone. Her first album, ''Working on Wings To Fly'' (1981), had songs about
Martha's Vineyard and New England.
That album was also voted as one of the top 100 folk albums of the century by
WUMB.
Kallet studied biology at
Bennington. Many of her songs feature imagery of wildlife.
[ and ] Kallet has performed on
NPR
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Discography
* ''Working on Wings to Fly'' (1981,
Folk-Legacy Records
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* ''Cindy Kallet 2'' (1983, Folk-Legacy)
* ''Angels in Daring'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 1988, Overall Music)
* ''Dreaming Down a Quiet Line'' (1989, Stone's Throw Music)
* ''Only Human'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 1993, Overall Music)
* ''Neighbors'' (with
Gordon Bok
Gordon Bok (born October 31, 1939) is an American folklorist and singer-songwriter, who grew up in Camden, Maine and is associated with music from New England.
Career
Bok's first album, self-titled, was produced by Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of P ...
; 1996, Timberhead)
* ''Leave the Cake in the Mailbox'' (2000, Stone's Throw Music; winner of a 2004 Parents' Choice Gold Award)
* ''This Way Home'' (2000, Stone's Throw Music)
* ''Cross the Water'' (with Grey Larsen; 2007)
* ''Heartwalk'' (with Ellen Epstein and Michael Cicone; 2008)
References
External links
Official Web Site
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women singer-songwriters
American folk musicians
American singer-songwriters
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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