Barb Jungr
After an extraordinarily successful 2010, with her new CD The Men I Love released on Naim Label, appearances on NY1 and BBC Breakfast TV, a sellout tour of Australia, several highly praised shows in New York, and performances for the first time in St Louis, Cleveland and San Francisco, Barb Jungr is celebrating 2011 with touring the UK with a new live Dylan collection, reforming Girl Talk with Mari Wilson and Gwyneth Herbert, and collaborating again with Kuljit Bhamra and Simon Wallace on Durga Rising.
With rave reviews internationally and two New York awards (2008 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist and Best International Artist 2003 Backstage Award), Barb Jungr is renowned for her unique vocal style, approach to arrangements and interpretation of song. Her acclaimed releases on Linn Reords and Naim Label, and revelatory live performances have brought her to the world stage and revealed her to be one of Europe's most exciting voices.
Critics have compared Jungr to Nina Simone and Peggy Lee, called her a British Edith Piaf, one of the best interpreters of Jacques Brel and Bob Dylan anywhere on this angst ridden planet today (Village Voice, New York) one of the best nightclub singers in the world (Time Out New York) and “mesmerizing” (The New York Times).
She has worked with some of the finest musicians and composers in the UK, has toured all over the world for the British Council in the 1990's (Malawi, Cameroon, The Yemen, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Cote D'Ivoire, Sudan) recently appeared in Australia (2006, 2007 and a sellout tour in 2010), toured Norway and has appeared in Holland and often in New York (several seasons at The Cafe Carlyle and Metropolitan Room), and at Joe's Pub.
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- Bob, Brel & Me by John Eyles
Bailey's Bundles
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- Hard Rain (The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen) by John Eyles
- Stockport to Memphis by John Eyles
- Durga Rising by John Eyles
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- The Men I Love: The New American Songbook by C. Michael Bailey
- Walking In The Sun by Elliott Simon
January 24, 2018
Jazz this week: Maceo Parker, Barb Jungr & John McDaniel, Ryan Keberle,...
August 13, 2013
Barb Jungr & Todd Gordon Sing The Great & The New American Songbooks
October 03, 2011
The Art Of The Torch Singer, Piers Ford Reviews Man In The Long Black...
December 01, 2010
Jazz This Week: Pat Martino, Romero Lubambo and Peter Martin, Tatsuya...
March 21, 2010
Vocalist Barb Jungr Interviewed at AAJ
March 20, 2010
Barb Jungr Releases the "Men I Love-the New American Songbook" CD
March 04, 2008
Barb Jungr's Hymn to Nina Simone
March 26, 2007
Barb Jungr Returns to New York for Two Shows at the Metropolitan Room...
January 28, 2010
Barb Jungr Appearing at the Cafe Carlyle February and March
August 30, 2002
Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan At The Flea September 24 - October 12, 2002
Bob Dylan, jazz, northern soul, Nina Simone and continental Europe's cabaret music perform a subtle dance in singer Jungr's consciousness... The Guardian
astute...simmering....intelligent --The Sunday Times
Magnificent ...Jungr's voice is truly a thing of wonder --The Daily Express