Janie Barnett Sings the Songs of Cole Porter: An Unlikely Renegade The Village Trip: Jazz Musician in New York

About Janie Barnett Sings the Songs of Cole Porter: An Unlikely Renegade The Village Trip

Janie Barnett brings a rock/pop sensibility to Cole Porter’s Broadway and film catalog, shaping standards around lyric, groove, and forward motion. In her Village-focused program at The Bitter End, Porter’s tight internal rhymes and rhythmic engineering become the organizing principle rather than period ornament. She treats the material like songcraft, not museum repertoire, keeping narrative detail in the foreground. Her performances favor clarity over spectacle, letting Porter’s wit land in plain view.