Nashville vocalist, Mandy Barnett first gained national prominence as the original star of the musical Always Patsy Cline at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. While her Country singing has been much celebrated, Mandy has a soft spot for the Great American Songbook and always includes a standard or two in her concert performances.

Mandy celebrates her love for this repertoire on her most recent CD, Every Star Above, which was inspired by Billie Holiday’s 1958 Lady in Satin album. Every Star Above was a special project on multiple levels. Mandy was introduced to Lady In Satin earlier in her life from a friend who thought it would inspire her—it did—and now, years later, Every Star Above is the result. Additionally, multi-Grammy winner Sammy Nestico did the arrangements. Sammy composed, conducted and arranged for TV and film and many of the greatest musicians in the business, including Barbra Streisand, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra. This was Sammy’s last project before he passed away earlier this year, a month before his 97th birthday.