Barbara Ireland

Barbara Ireland (born March 8 in Seattle, Washington) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for embracing and experimenting with many different genres of music, including rock, jazz, downtempo, punk, classic country, glam rock, and classical. She has performed and recorded as singing partner with Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) in his band, The Hank Khoir, since 2007 and played bass, keyboards, drums and sang in numerous pre-grunge Seattle, Washington bands including The Fags (with Upchuck Gerra and Paul Solger), and Mental Mannequin (with Gordon Raphael, producer of The Strokes). Ireland also composes soundtracks, and wrote a book of songs for beginning harpists.

In late 2010 Ireland will release her first solo cd, 'Turning Back Time - Classic Songs To Kiss By,' in which she brings back the rich sounds of old jazz/torch singing.

Ireland is also known for her avant-garde filmmaking and collage art. She received her BFA degree in Film Directing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, has won several awards for her Fellini-esque films, and Sky Cries Mary music videos, and held a film retrospective of her work at Seattle's Film Forum in 2007. A DVD of her film work titled, 'From Dreams To Delirium,' will be released in 2011. Her collage art and early rock posters have been exhibited in several Seattle galleries, two rock poster art books, and Merle Becker's 2009 documentary, 'American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art.'

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