Barbara Shaw plays rhythm guitar (and sometimes bass and fiddle), sings lead and harmony vocals and writes original music. She is a retired IT consultant and currently enjoys writing (among other things, her “Bluegrass Benediction” was published in Bluegrass Unlimited magazine), photography and traveling with her husband Frank in their motorhome. She and her husband Frank were original members of the band Professors of Bluegrass and subsequently founded the band ShoreGrass.

Frank, Barbara and Paul (all from Branford, CT) are 3/5 of the local bluegrass band ShoreGrass, which has performed around the northeast since 1996.