Produced by Jerry Marotta

("Me" produced by Duncan Watt)

Featuring:

Tony Levin appears through the courtesy of Papabear Records. Check out their cool web site, especially if you're a Peter Gabriel or King Crimson fan!

Keyboardist Duncan Watt also has a cool web site of his own, including links to his other projects and to his Internet Music Production Forum.

Phil Antoniades's Groove Box appears courtesy of Rolling Rock Beer and Jack Daniels Whiskey. Really!

Great Reviews!

Check out "Hooked On Pop: Barbara Kessler combines introspection with flair," Seth Rogovoy's wonderful review of Notion, published in The Boston Phoenix, April 11, 1996.

The May 10, 1996 Christian Science Monitor offered this capsule review:

For her first studio CD, Barbara Kessler has expanded her sound by picking up an electric guitar and laying down some grooves that are downright funky. From the heavily gated opening chords of "That Hurricane," it's clear that this recording is out to move you one way or another. It's difficult not to tap along with the rockers "At My Age" and the rollicking "Me." Even when she slows it down in the haunting "Notion" there is an easy rolling beat. The solo acoustic "The Date" will touch anybody who's ever been on one.
Jef Scoville, scovillej@esther.csps.com

You'll find other review excerpts in the Critical Acclaim section of Barabara's main page.

The Songs

Lyrics for all of Barbara's songs on this recording are available here as a collection or individually by clicking on the titles in the song list below.

The Sound icon indicates that you can download a soundbite; to check one out, click on the duration/filesize. The soundbites are in MPEG Layer II format (".mp2 files"). If that doesn't mean anything to you, just give one a try and see if it works. If not, check out our Playing the Soundbites page.

Enough technical stuff! On to the songs...

  1. That Hurricane (4:13) (0:32; 384k)
  2. At My Age (4:06) (0:38; 456k)
  3. Notion (3:48) (0:52; 624k)
  4. Carolina (3:30)
  5. Me (2:40)
  6. Sister Mary Madeline (4:41)
  7. Jane's Last Day (4:23)
  8. The Date (Making Mountains out of Molehills) (4:47)
  9. Kathy (3:59)
  10. Forever Haunted (4:53) (0:28; 344k)
  11. Big Sky (3:52) (0:35; 424k)

Ordering Information

Notion is available on CD and cassette. You can purchase it directly from Eastern Front Records by phone (toll-free in the USA) or mail:
Eastern Front Records, Inc.
7 Curve St.
Medfield, MA 02052
(508) 359-8003
Orders: (800) 337-3747
FAX (508) 359-8090
Internet: EastFront1@aol.com

If you need a copy NOW ("Yes! Yes!"), you can also order it from (800) MUSIC-NOW.

As of Spring 1996, Notion is available from the following fine online CD distributors:

[The Compact Disc Connection]

[Noteworthy Music]

[CD World]
[CD World stocks cassettes, too. Here's a direct link to Barbara's entry at CD World. You can get the price quickly this way, but to place an order it's best to go in the front door!]

[Emusic]
Here's a direct link to Barbara's entry at Emusic. For orders, use their front door, too!]

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