Three pop/rock albums released over the last decade, a new family band record and live shows, a novella- "Confessions of an Indiegirl," a comedy aimed at teens to thirty-some things, all add up to this. Bari Koral is an artist for many ages.

"For me, music and the experience of making music is ageless. Whatever your age, music either hits you or it doesn't. When it's right, it tends to be universal."

Bari toured regularly for almost eight years all over the country becoming one of the top grossing acts on the college circuit. She was often compared to her peer folk/pop singers like Jewel, Norah Jones and Joan Osborne (some of whom she has appeared with). Her albums have been critically acclaimed and she has received great reviews while gracing the covers of entertainment sections of city papers, college papers and hundreds of zines and music magazines around the country, including Billboard. Several of her songs were spun on radio and made their way into films and prime time television shows.

For Bari, her introduction to the concept of a Family Rock Band started when her niece, then 6 years old, began constantly playing her aunt's cds. "She was always zeroing in on certain tracks. I started to wonder- why is it these songs particularly that she always wants to hear? I started to figure it out - pop melodies with lyrics that were poetic, yet straight ahead. And the songs she loved tended to be the strongest tunes on the record. I started to write some of the same kind of music I always did, only I filtered the lyrics based on my niece's experiences- school, friends, a day at the beach, etc. And that was what really made the shift for me into Family Music, which to me just means music adults and kids can enjoy together."

Bari's Family Rock Band cd and live show does include some earnest songs about animals and cars such as “The Farm Song,” and “Dad’s New Car,” which are destined to become instant kid’s classics. Many other songs have plenty of adult appeal however including "A Day at the Beach," reminiscent of the Go Go's, the bouncy pop ballad, "There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do," and live favorites such as "Dance all Day," which seems to draw from equal parts Blondie to The Hokey Pokey.

While the family rock band keeps her quite busy these days, she can still be found in the rock clubs and singer songwriter venues at night. Although she's currently on the road less than she was (amen!) Bari's years of traveling the country became great fodder for a book. "My booking agents seemed to have a particular fondness for North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota-- in the middle of winter." Such adventures for a downtown gal from NYC was a good part of the inspiration for her novella, "Confessions of an Indiegirl -- a comedy about a rock star in training and her 5,000 steps towards success. If Bridget Jones was a pop star, if Carrie Bradshaw had to make a go out of it in North Dakota in only parkas, or if spinal tap had been one gal from nyc getting stuck in snow ditches outside of radio stations, you'd probably be Lucy Bonner, the heroine of "Confessions."

"All our lives are a book. It can be a nice story if you stay aware while you turn the pages. Life isn't about finding your way, it's about creating it."

Bari currently is writing and performing all over the country, but especially the north east. She's also teaching yoga in nyc as well as working on a new project she founded called the Little Folks Festival -- a family music festival featuring some of the best acts in family music with the addition of kids yoga, face painting, vendors and a whole lot more.