Saturday, January 19 at 3 pm, get ready for the debut of Sojourn’s new Songwriting Seminar series, a bi-monthly series of events that will feature instruction from a rotating cast of visiting songwriters in The 930 Listening Room, part of Sojourn’s community center, The 930 (located at 930 Mary Street, Louisville, KY 40204, part of Louisville’s historic Germantown neighborhood, just minutes from I-65).

     If you are a songwriter, you desire to be, or you have an interest as a listener, critic, singer or musician, please join us Saturday, January 19 — and keep checking here for more details as the date approaches.

     We’ve asked singer-songwriter Jamie Barnes to inaugurate this series.  A favorite son of the Louisville music scene and a member of Sojourn’s worship arts team, Jamie is fast becoming known for his perspicacious songwriting, multi-faceted instrumentalism and silky-smooth vocals nationally and even abroad, with radio airplay, album sales and sterling reviews in several foreign countries.  Read a sampling of what others are saying about the music of Jamie Barnes, and come prepared to learn his story and his theories for making great works of art:

Billboard Magazine: “… when Jamie Barnes’ music impacts you, you’re paralyzed.”

Louisville Courier Journal: “Barnes’ gorgeous new album, ‘The Recalibrated Heart,’ is his most fully realized work. There’s a depth to the imagery and melodies that recalls the music of Sufjan Stevens and in many ways is just as rewarding.”

Babysue.com: “This is probably about as honest as music gets”

The Broken Face (Sweden): “… one of the most unique contemporary voices out there today”

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