The Songbird of New Orleans’ Robin Barnes flight to spread her soulful traditional jazz
meditations across the nation is in full flight after the No. 5 Billboard
Current Traditional Jazz Albums chart debut of her just-released “Songbird
Sessions” EP. Along with landing a national piece in the coming issue of Food
& Wine magazine, her charm continues to allure back home where Gambit
Weekly’s Best of Poll selected the radiant twenty-something chanteuse the No. 2
Best Local Music Artist behind Trombone Shorty. In conjunction with the record
release and a jam-packed hometown album release concert date, Barnes was
featured on the iheartNOLA website and performed a pair of acoustic jazz tunes
from the disc on the locally televised “News With A Twist.”
Over the past few years where she maintains a busy concert
schedule in the Big Easy, Barnes has become the voice and face of the music of
New Orleans, which is how she earned the trademarked moniker “The Songbird of
New Orleans.” Performing on “NCIS: New Orleans” plus a bevy of appearances in
the pages of national magazines while maintaining a constant presence in local
media – newspapers, magazines and television – has enabled Barnes’ robust,
exposed and lusty-voiced “Songbird Sessions” to waft near and far, connecting
with and delighting listeners fond of her intimate versions of jazz standards
and gems made famous by two of her iconic New Orleans role models, Allen
Toussaint and Irma Thomas.
Winner of Offbeat magazine’s Outstanding Millennial in Music
Award, Barnes has received accolades from Forbes, Ebony, Southern Living,
Travel + Leisure, ESPN and Southwest Magazine. Thriving on the national scene
with the new collection is her top priority, which is why she was in New York
City last week to meet with managers, agents and venues excited to showcase the
siren that brings freshness, authenticity, passion and enthusiasm to her
vintage jazz repertoire.
On top of her weekend residencies at the Hotel Monteleone
and Windsor Court Hotel Polo Club Lounge in the Crescent City, Barnes will
launch a four-week Wednesday night residency at the Maple Leaf Bar next month
and will tackle the National Anthem at the Superdome prior to the New Orleans
Saints vs. Carolina Panthers contest on October 16.
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