After more than twenty years of making distinctive and alluring music, Barbara has developed a noteworthy style that fuses the best of R&B grooves with the introspection and creativity of Jazz. She’s been called a “personal kind of” of entertainer, and music critics have raved about the music and her presentation. "Barbara Reed exudes class." --Al Rudis, Press Telegram "Barbara Reed casts a spell over audiences..." --Tedd Thomey, Press Telegram "Barbara Reed is on the rise." --Arts & Entertainment Weekly "...a personal kind of jazz and blues..." --Valley Weekend, Los Angeles Times On Stage covers all the idioms, from spicy Latin jazz to provocative ballads, keeping it upbeat and entertaining, while including many well-known R&B and Pop classics. In short, Reed’s music can take you from the quiet, intimate moments that draw you in, or cut you lose when it's time to Rock. In addition to her own originals, she stacks her repertoire with titles from contemporary giants like Bonnie Raitt, Bill Withers, Joe Cocker and Stevie Wonder, plus the crooners of the 40s and 50s like Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin, then back to an era when swing dancers stepped to the rhythms of the big bands. She’s at ease going from a B.B. King Blues classics to another by Bessie Smith or Fats Waller. From there she can take it up with something from Elvis, then slip into a powerfully romantic ballad from the early Barbara Streisand days. Barbara is a “passionate singer who sets the mood, maintains the heart of the song, then takes any song and makes it her own.” --John Meyerstein, Boston Globe Review