Cindy Kallet

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Cindy Kallet is an American folk singer-songwriter from New England. [1] [2] She currently performs solo, with Grey Larsen, and as part of the trio of Kallet, Epstein & Cicone. Her first album, Working on Wings To Fly (1981), had songs about Martha's Vineyard and New England. [3] That album was also voted as one of the top 100 folk albums of the century by WUMB. [4]

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Kallet studied biology at Bennington. [5] Many of her songs feature imagery of wildlife. [6] Kallet has performed on NPR shows such as A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered . [4]

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