Music:
Member Since: 11/04/2005
Band Website: http://www.barbarabuckland.com
Band Members: Solo artist often joined by folks like Gary Westcott, Tim Bertsch, Paul Benoit, Bruce Gordon, and Bill White.
Influences: “Toâ€
I heed not that my earthly lot
Has little of earth in it
That years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute
I mourn not that the desolate
Are happier, sweet, than I
But that you sorrow for my fate
Who am a passer by.
Edgar Allen Poe
Barbara Buckland was born in Iowa and grew up in
Southern California.
Her father chaired the English Department at University
of Southern California at Long Beach and kept her home
full of books and interesting people. Among those she
met as a child were Aldous Huxley, Groucho Marx, Colin
Wilson, and Joseph Campbell. In such distinguished company,
she developed a deep appreciation for the power of words,
especially poetry.
Her formative years saw popular music transitioning from
beat to soul to surf to the British Invasion to psychedelic
to folk and back again.
Buckland
orbits toward music dark, moody, visceral. She cites Ralph
McTell , The
Byrds , Gene
Clark , Larry
Hosford , Bruce
Cockburn , Joni
Mitchell , Townes
Van Zandt , Mickey
Newbury , Jane
Siberry , Tom
Rapp & Pearls Before Swine , and Dave
Carter/Tracy Grammer as influences.
Buckland has shared the stage with many internationally known artists such as Victoria
Williams , Tim Easton , Tom Freund , Steven J.(Jesse) Bernstein , City Fritter , Berkley/Hart ,
Jon McKinney ; as well as Northwesterners Bill White , Scott Andrew , Lisa Marshall , Bruce Gordon , Paul Benoit , and Tim Bertsch of Jaded Mary and the HD Fusion Band .
She was one of the original members of the Seattle Labor Chorus when they formed in March, 1997 for a performance at the Northwest Folklife Festival with legendary activist/folk artist, Pete Seeger .
White , a regular contributor to the music pages of
the Seattle
PI , has described her music as &147;combining the
long, poetic phrases of Eric Anderson with the beauty
and sensitivity of a Tom Rapp melody.
Buckland's
first instrument was piano, then flute. She settled
on
guitar at age 17. She started making up songs at age
15, waking up most mornings with them buzzing around
in her head. Her formal training was minimal,studying
guitar with Joel
Foy and occasionally receiving counsel
(musical & otherwise) from Tim Bertsch.
Aside
from performing, she has made quite a mark on the Seattle
club scene as a booker and promoter. Among her first clients
was the punk poet Steven
J.(Jesse) Bernstein , currently the subject of a
documentary by Peter
Sillen (Benjamin Smoke, Speed Racer: Welcome to
the World of Vic
Chesnutt ), in which she appears. She is always happy
to share her time and knowledge with other musicians
and organizations believing that "helping one helps
all."
Buckland
co-founded the 501(c)(3)non-profit organization Music
Community Resources where she served as Executive
Director of until October of 2007. She coordinated musicians
for the Hopvine Pub's Singer/Songwriter Showcase ,
the Alley
Upstairs at Café Allegro , and The Fabulous
Rainbow (now Fusion ),
as well as interfacing with Seattle and regional organizations
such as The Pacific
Northwest Chapter of the Grammy Assoication , Washington
Lawyers for the Arts , University
District Service Providers Alliance , Real
Change , and KBCS
91.3 FM .
She is a proud member of the Pacific
Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammy Association) , and former member of both
Women's
Audio Mission ,
and Washington Lawyers for the Arts where she served on the Board of Directors.
In October of 2006 she visited the High Desert of California
to perform, attend, and work at GramFest ,
an annual festival held in Joshua Tree, CA, that celebrates
the work of Gram
Parsons , founder of the Alt-Country genre' also
known as "Cosmic American Music." She fell
in love with the area and moved there in June, 2007.
She now divides her time between the Bay Area of California,
Seattle, WA, and the High Desert of California, forming
new alliances and furthering networks of musicians and
organizations as she goes. Many
times throughout her life she has tried to walk away
from music...but it won't let her go. So to this
day Buckland remains true to her great love for the
mystery of self-expession.
Buckland enjoys answering the question "What if?"
whenever possible.
Join her.
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You are funky, outdoorsy, and down to earth.
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You are very impulsive - every day is a new adventure.
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Your Power Bird is a Vulture
You are always changing your life and the lives of those around you.
You aren't afraid to move on from what holds you back.
Energetic and powerful, you have a nearly unlimited capacity for success.
You know how to "go with the flow" and take advantage of what is given to you.
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You Are The High Priestess
You represent mystery - secrets that are yet to be revealed.
You find yourself sitting between two worlds: one dark, one light.
You tend to hold these two worlds in balance, reconciling the two.
Open and welcoming, you invite others to learn your secrets.
Your fortune:
Something hidden, or latent, in your life is about to come forward.
You need to pay more attention to your dreams, thoughts, intuition, and imagination.
And if that involves tapping into your dark side, it will all balance out in the end.
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I enjoy helping folks out. I help with the weekly Joshua Tree Association of Musicians and Songwriters newsletter you can see it here: http://www.new-moon-records.com/jams.
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