The versatility to jump from jazz and soul to electro-pop and hip-hop isn’t most artists’ strength. However, Erin Barra is as much electronic producer as she is confident blue-eyed soul singer with notes of Adele and Florence Welch.
She sees her career as a patchwork of opportunities – not limited to seeking notoriety as a performer. In her own work, Barra switches between recording pop soul with a full acoustic band and more computer-driven electro-pop. But she can also be found writing and producing for pop artists and producers like John Oates, who heard her when she was a student at Berklee College of Music. Her style is less experimental than stylistically diverse, with distinct threads of R&B. And her long-term goal is to maintain a career in music where she can keep inventing her own role. – LINKS: Bianca Seidman’s interview with Erin Barra.