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Theresa Ann "Terri" Allard is an American country and folk singer-songwriter from Barboursville, Virginia. She was born on August 31, 1962. Her album, Makes No Sense, features a song she wrote with Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Allard was the host of Charlottesville Inside-Out, a television talk show on PBS station WHTJ. In 2017, she celebrated a decade with the show. The show concluded in 2020 after 13 seasons.

Early life and education Allard attended Orange County High School in Orange, Virginia. While there, she was a long distance runner and set record times in the one-mile and two-mile distances in 1980.

Phil Audibert, a local author and musician, gave Allard her first guitar lesson. As a fourth-grader, she sang "Leaving on a Jet Plane" at a 4-H talent contest, accompanied on the guitar by Extension agent, Ted Carroll.

After finishing college, Allard pursued her music. For a few years, she performed weekly at Random Row, a bar in Charlottesville. During this time, she built a repertoire of original material and developed a fan base.

Reception and awards

"Best of CVille" songwriter winner Her brother, Scott A. Allard, was a professional actor. He died in 2005, of melanoma. Her son, Will, has performed with her band from a very young age.