Upon leaving Julliard, she paid her dues in theatres across the country before landing her first lead role in a Broadway show in 1982, starring in the musical Annie. During the ‘80s, Ford would also appear in films like Lovesick and Clean And Sober, as well as a role in the daytime soap Days Of Our Lives. Her debut performing cabaret in 1996 was so well received that Ford chose to concentrate on her singing . Her resulting debut release, In The Nest Of The Moon, was a collection of standards produced by her husband, noted guitarist Robben Ford. Together, the pair also started a record label, Illyria Records. In 1997, she debuted a cabaret tribute to the music of Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein, which led to her recording Something Wonderful. Again produced by her husband (with co-production from John Boswell, Something Wonderful earned Ford more positive notices. In 2000, she was invited to perform with the West German Radio Orchestra in a tribute to Kurt Weill, a performance that also included Robben and was under the musical direction of Roger Kellaway. ~ Tom Demalon