Barbara McDonald

A singer/songwriter that has lived in the Philadelphia area her lifetime, Barbara McDonald has cited Joni Mitchell, Carole Ruler and Judy Collins as a few of her primary influences and in addition has expressed admiration for Kate Bush, Sarah McLachlan, Shawn Colvin, Jann Arden and Lisa Cerbone. McDonald was created in Philadelphia in 1956, and in 1970, she shifted to close by Southern NJ, where she began writing tracks and poetry like a teen-ager. She graduated from Rowan College or university in the past due ’70s having a level in unique education, and some years later on, got wedded and shifted to the Philly suburbs. McDonald performed at espresso houses with open up mics in the past due 1970s and early 1980s, but after learning to be a mom, she place music over the back-burner and focused on being truly a full-time mother or father. The Philadelphian got on-line in 1995, and after get together various music artists and songwriters online, she began to seriously consider pursuing music once more. Among the people she fulfilled on-line was the United kingdom folk-pop vocalist John Perkins, who had taken a pastime in McDonald’s music. The past due 1990s discovered McDonald time for performing and performing a lot of composing, and in 1998, she co-wrote and co-produced her debut record, Madmen & Fans, for Perkins’ Light Eagle label.