Cindy Kallet

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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Cindy Kallet is an American folk singer-songwriter from New England.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/28957295.html?dids=28957295:28957295&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24%2C+1998&author=Dale+McGarrigle+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Singing+for+H.O.P.E.+Rockland+woman+shares+goals+of+peace+festival&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107171654/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/28957295.html?dids=28957295:28957295&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24,+1998&author=Dale+McGarrigle+Of+the+NEWS+Staff&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&desc=Singing+for+H.O.P.E.+Rockland+woman+shares+goals+of+peace+festival&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=Singing for H.O.P.E. Rockland woman shares goals of peace festival|last=McGarrigle|first=Dale|date=April 24, 1998|work=Bangor Daily News|page=1|access-date=August 14, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Renner|first=Chip|title=Cindy Kallet|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cindy-kallet-p2029|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 12, 2012}} 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.{{cite web|last=Renner|first=Chip|title=Working on Wings to Fly – Cindy Kallet|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/working-on-wings-to-fly-r126396|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 12, 2012}} That album was also voted as one of the top 100 folk albums of the century by WUMB.{{Cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=2W6675660405&site=ehost-live|title=Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen in Woods Hole|date=December 30, 2010|work=Cape Cod Times|access-date=February 24, 2019|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}

Kallet studied biology at Bennington.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28836881/the_boston_globe/|title=Cindy Kallet's Quiet Way|last=Alarik|first=Scott|date=January 3, 1991|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 25, 2019|pages=71|via=Newspapers.com}} Many of her songs feature imagery of wildlife.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28837009/leadertelegram/|title=Wildlife Images Appear Naturally in Kallet's Tunes|last=Barnsness|first=Ann|date=November 3, 2005|work=Leader-Telegram|access-date=February 25, 2019|pages=1C|via=Newspapers.com}} and {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28837009/leadertelegram/|title=Originals Move Past Love Songs|date=November 3, 2005|work=Leader-Telegram|access-date=February 25, 2019|pages=2C|via=Newspapers.com}} Kallet has performed on NPR shows such as A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered.