Janie Barnett +Jonathan Galegos Rehearsal for City Winery Show 04-17-25

Singer/songwriter/guitarist JANIE BARNETT, is headed to Boston on Thursday, April 17 to perform her unique and stunning Cole Porter Show--with a twist--she presents Porter Americana-style.

“We treasure our legacy artists who have fought to be who they truly are. Cole Porter wanted to be successful in the mainstream music business, and he succeeded in every way, but personally he lived a “behind the curtain” life in many ways. In the world today, we have to remember this, and the difficult strategies someone like Cole Porter had to live by. How many artists are now behind a kind of curtain? I love the music, and I have an unlikely affinity for Cole’s otherness," states Janie.

"For this show, all proceeds of CD sales will be designated to the activist group Mass Equality. It’s a small gesture that I just hope will resonate in terms of those efforts we can all make during this challenging time," she also states.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist JANIE BARNETT, is headed to Boston on Thursday, April 17 to perform her unique and stunning Cole Porter Show--with a twist--she presents Porter Americana-style.

“We treasure our legacy artists who have fought to be who they truly are. Cole Porter wanted to be successful in the mainstream music business, and he succeeded in every way, but personally he lived a “behind the curtain” life in many ways. In the world today, we have to remember this, and the difficult strategies someone like Cole Porter had to live by. How many artists are now behind a kind of curtain? I love the music, and I have an unlikely affinity for Cole’s otherness," states Janie.

"For this show, all proceeds of CD sales will be designated to the activist group Mass Equality. It’s a small gesture that I just hope will resonate in terms of those efforts we can all make during this challenging time," she also states.

Janie's band for the Boston show will feature Mark Shilansky on piano, Marty Ballou on acoustic bass, Sara Caswell on fiddle, Dan Bui on mandolin, Gary Schreiner on accordion and harmonica and Special Guest vocalists Rene Pfister, Jonathan Gallegos and Nichele Mungo.