Stranger To This Land

"Barbara"

Latin feminine form of Greek "barbaros." Strange; not from here.

A live recording produced by Barbara Kessler and Phil Antoniades.

Musical direction and arrangement assistance by Ron Curcio.

The Band:

Barbara Kessler --- acoustic guitar, vocals
Ron Curcio --- Keyboard, percussion, vocals
Phil Antoniades --- drums, percussion, doumbek, vocals
Jeff St. Pierre --- bass

Guest appearances by:

Martin Sexton, vocals
Diane Ziegler, vocals
Cliff Eberhardt, vocals and acoustic guitar
Duke Levine, electric guitar
Jonatha Brook and Jennifer Kimball (The Story), vocals

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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.

Now that the tech stuff is out of the way, let's get on to the songs...

Deep Country (3:28) (0:20; 248k)
Kathy (4:23)
I Can See It, Davey (4:15)
Happy With You (3:41) (0:23; 280k)
Take A Ride (3:45) (0:45; 536k)
Casual Love (3:54)
Desperado (3:05)
The Date (Making Mountains out of Molehills) (4:39) (0:55; 656k)
The Sportsfan (4:31) (1:15; 936k)
Better Times (3:43)
Mary Tyler Moore (3:43) (0:46; 552k)
Bird On A Wire (3:55)
"Can we get some of this laughter on tape?" (0:27; 224k)

Ordering Information

Stranger To This Land is a product of Eastern Front Records. CDs and cassettes can be ordered directly from Eastern Front by phone 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 ("Give it to me!"), you can also order it from (800) MUSIC-NOW.

Stranger To This Land is being distributed to record stores by:

Distribution North America
1 Camp St.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617)354-0700

If it is not available in your record store, they should be able to order it from DNA (the CD is Eastern Front Records EF0104). It is also available by mail or phone order from:

Roundup Records
1 Camp St.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617)661-6308 (In Massachusetts)
(800)443-4727 (Outside of Massachusetts)

As of Spring 1996, Stranger To This Land is available from the following fine online CD distributors:



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

Left to right: Jeff St. Pierre, Barbara, Martin Sexton,
Diane Ziegler, Rod McDonald, and Cliff Eberhardt,
during the recording of Stranger To This Land
at the Kendall Cafe, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Spring 1994.

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