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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.

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