OXFORD — Roots singer/songwriter Kerri Powers returns to 6 On The Square in Oxford at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.

Powers, a Boston native, enjoyed an artistic youth that included music, painting, and writing, and she composed her first songs at age 9. 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.

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.” Critics have compared her style to artists Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Tammy Wynette, and Bonnie Raitt. Her latest album is called “Starseeds.”

Powers has shared the concert stage with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jimmy LaFave, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Dave Mallet, and Luka Bloom, among others. She has toured throughout the United States as well as overseas, making appearances in The Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. She has performed at the Boston Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Her song “Diamond Day” was featured in the motion picture “Chuck,” and other tracks have been heard in the television series “Rescue Me” and “Justified.”

Learn more about Powers at kerripowers.com.

Tickets for the March 26 show are $18 (plus a $2 service charge); purchase at 6onthesquare.org or call 607-843-OTS6 (6876) to make a reservation. Doors open one hour before the start of the performance.

Currently (and subject to change) all patrons will be required to show proof of vaccination, either by a card issued by the vaccine provider or by an Excelsior Pass on paper or an electronic device. Also, every person entering the venue for a concert needs to be masked, covering the nose and mouth for the entire time the person is in the venue, except when that person is eating or drinking.

The performance also will be streamed live online on a pay-what-you-can basis. Please purchase more than two hours before the show, or you will not get your viewing link in time. More information at 6onthesquare.org.

This spring at 6OTS

Coming up are House of Hamill on April 23, Burns & Kristy on April 30, North Sea Gas on May 15, Mad Agnes on June 4, and 6OTS’s 15th Anniversary Celebration with Reggie Harris, Carolann Solebello, and Pat Wictor on June 18.

This concert is made possible in part with public funds from the Restart NY Program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by the Earlville Opera House.

6 On The Square, Inc. is an intimate, not-for-profit, volunteer-based acoustic music listening room and arts venue located at 6 Lafayette Park in downtown Oxford.

-From 6 on the Square