Songbird Robin Barnes sings the praises of The Ella Project

Now an award-winning musician, Robin Barnes is aptly named “The Songbird of New Orleans.” Her repertoire spans the soft and soulful to the powerful and electrifying. A commanding stage presence, she can be heard singing R&B, funk, soul, and jazz, to mention a few. Her high-energy soul funk band, the Fiya Birds, regularly appears with her at festivals. 

She came to the Ella Project after she was asked to license a song for television. It was her friend Bethany Paulsen who pointed her in the right direction. “And I never looked back!” Barnes says. “I cannot imagine what my life would be like if I didn’t have the Ella Project.”