Alum
Janie Barnett
Position
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-8730
Personal Websites
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Career Highlights
- Under My Skin: Reimagining Cole Porter (Sept 2023 Release)
- But Longing is Primal (Oct 2023 Release)
- You See This River (March 2017) by Janie Barnett & BlueRoom reached top 20 on Americana/folk charts in its first weeks, and was a first-round Grammy submission and top 10 pick on the Alternate Root Magazine list
- Solo performer, composer, producer, arranger
- Voice of countless national commercial campaigns, film scores, and TV themes
- Member of the Supreme Court with Marc Cohn, Crone Tones, Longhouse, and Jazz Neighbors
- Performances with Linda Ronstadt, Rickie Lee Jones, Bonnie Raitt, the Bacon Brothers, Patti Austin, Marc Cohn, Jessye Norman, and others
- Additional recordings include Janie Barnett (1987), Shake the Ladder (1990), and Belong (2000)
- Back-up singer for recordings by Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, the Bacon Brothers, Martyn Joseph, Ronnie Spector, and others
- Lyricist for the musical Faraway Bayou
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