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Emily Barnes joins Signet Artists
Folk singer-songwriter Emily Barnes, winner of the 2025 Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest, is now one of our Featured Artists.
We have some exciting news if you’ve been looking for a singer-songwriter in Colorado. Emily Barnes is now one of our Featured Artists, and we’re thrilled to have her on our Artist Roster!
Emily grew up in a New Jersey town of under a hundred people, writing songs on the stone steps of a 200-year-old house. She’s been on the road ever since, and she now plays all over Colorado. She has the kind of voice that makes people go quiet and listen.
Emily playing her song Say It Again at The Black Rose Acoustic Society in Black Forest, Colorado.
Emily Barnes’s songwriting awards #
Emily won the 2025 Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest with her song Comets, and in 2026 the Colorado Music Business Organization named her one of the ten winners of its songwriting contest.
She’s also been a finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk competition, the Red Lodge Songwriting Festival and The Acorn Songwriting Contest. She’s made four albums, and critics have compared her to Brandi Carlile and Joan Baez.
Booking Emily Barnes for your event #
On her own with an acoustic guitar, Emily is a lovely fit for a ceremony, welcome drinks or a dinner.
As a duo she plays with Chris Koza on guitar and harmonies or Anthony Manoguerra on fiddle and harmonies, and the trio brings them both. It’s a full, warm sound for a cocktail hour, a retreat evening or a holiday party, without drums.
What Emily Barnes plays #
Her song list goes from Both Sides Now, Landslide and You’ve Got a Friend to Angel from Montgomery, The Story and Drops of Jupiter, and she plays her own songs too. Want to hear more? Check out Emily’s video clips and song list.
