The Barrister Balladeer

Singer, songwriter, poet, and lawyer. You don't often find those four words on the same resume- unless it's John Perrault's. John is the poet laureate of Portsmouth and he's a practicing attorney. He's released five albums of original songs and now, his first book and companion CD, The Ballad of Louis Wagner and Other New England Stories in Verse. The book includes song lyrics and poems by John and photographs by Peter Randall. John's work reflects the people and landscape of New England. His ballads come from the folk tradition of telling stories in song and are often based on historical events and people.