Kerry Dexter Biography

Kerry Dexter has been involved in music as a concert photographer, an audio engineer, a radio and television producer, and a journalist. She’s been a contributing writer for national music publications including Listen to the Music, Acoustic Musician, Dirty Linen, Tapestry, and Crossroads, and has written about music-classical, folk, country, Latino, Celtic, Native American, pop, bluegrass, blues, new age-for general interest and scholarly periodicals. She is a contributor to the MusicHound Guide to World Music, and has created scripts for NPR and PBS affiliate radio and television broadcasts.She received a bachelor’s degree in art and history from Rollins College and did graduate study in both areas at Florida State University. Her most recent project is a book on contemporary women song writers who draw on their understanding of folk music to create their songs. Desert Island PicksTish Hinojosa Dreaming from the Labyrinth/Sonar del Laberinto Liz Story Solid Colors Carolyn Hester From These Hills Chris Smither - Up on the Lowdown Emmylou Harris - Portraits Kathy Mattea - Good News Nanci Griffith - The MCAYears: a Retrospective R. Carlos Nakai - Mythic Dreamer various artists - The Bach Variations Tish Hinojosa - Destiny’s Gate Gretchen Peters - The Secret of Life Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too: A Trip Back to Bountiful Michael Martin Murphey - Greatest Hits Bonnie Raitt - The Collection Liz Story - The Gift Matraca Berg - Sunday Morning to Saturday Night Judy Collins - Forever Tom Russell - The Long Way Home Joan Baez - Baez Sings Dylan Ian and Sylvia - Best of the Vanguard Years Carolyn Hester - At Town Hall Tish Hinojosa - Frontejas Paco Pena - Azahara Erik Moll - Most of All Rory Block - Best Blues & Originals, All Music Guide