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Kara Barnard is a nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist, instructor, singer/songwriter and artist. Here on her site you can listen to her music, watch some select performances, purchase CD's, view artwork and find out more about Kara.

Listen to music now by clicking here. This will open the streaming music player in a new window.

Kara performs with her sister, Pam Barnard Hays, as one-half of the duo The Barnard Sisters.

Kara owns the Weed Patch Music Company in Nashville, Indiana. Some of the country's finest luthiers live and work in Indiana. Over 50% of all the instruments at Weed Patch are locally built.

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Rainbow over the Ashokan Reservoir
In October of 2009 Kara went to New York to spend five days with Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Nhat Hahn. After the retreat, she stopped to play Ashokan Farewell on the Ashokan Reservoir dam. As she did the most amazing rainbow appeared in the sky (pictured above).
Read about this latest adventure on her blog.

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Top 5 in the National Mountain Dulcimer championships, September 2009
At the Winfield, Kansas Walnut Valley Festival in September of 2009, Kara made it to the finals of the Mountain Dulcimer National Championships. This yearly competition features the best Mountain Dulcimer players in the country. Kara placed in the top five nationally playing two of her own arrangements.
Read more on Kara's blog.

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On November 15, 2008 Jamie Anderson and Kara played a show in Rockford, Illinois that was presented by Charlotte's Web at JustGoods Listening Room. Now you can watch video of two of the songs performed that night on YouTube. The show was recorded by Snapshotmusic. Click to view "Drive All Night" or "Your Mama Scares Me" (will open in a separate tab or window).

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