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OXFORD – Roots singer and songwriter Kerri Powers returns to 6 On The Square in Oxford at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

Officials said this will be a fundraiser for a local chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO), providing scholarships and grants to women.

Powers, a Boston native, enjoyed an artistic youth that included music, painting and writing, and she composed her first songs at age 9. Representatives of the event said her creative instincts may come naturally: Bing Crosby was a distant relative on her father’s side, while her mother’s relatives claimed a kinship to Herman Melville. Her grandmother had a regular gig playing piano as accompaniment to silent movies.

In her teens, Powers began performing in local coffeehouses throughout New England – but when she fell in love, got married and had a child, she put her pursuits aside. After raising her son and overcoming the hardship of a difficult divorce, though, she rediscovered her passion and returned to making music.

Event officials said a self-titled EP marking her return to music in 2014 landed the top spot on Roots Music Report’s list of “Top 50 Folk Albums Of 2014.” Critic have compared her style to artists Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Tammy Wynette and Bonnie Raitt. Her latest album is called “Starseeds.”