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Barb Jungr

Barb Jungr

Britain's foremost chansonnier and song stylist, Barb Jungr, is one of the country's finest interpreters of contemporary song. Always original and inventive, Jungr has drawn comparisons with Nina Simone and Peggy Lee.



Just like a woman - hymn to Nina
Just like a woman - hymn to Nina
Barb Jungr interprets material associated with her heroine, Nina Simone. 

AKD 309  

Walking In The Sun
Walking In The Sun
A unique voice at the heart of powerful gospel and blues lyrics. 

AKD 283  

Love Me Tender
Love Me Tender
Britain's foremost chansonnier with a song-styled take on material sung by Elvis Presley. 

AKD 255  

Every Grain of Sand: Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan
Every Grain of Sand: Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan
The cult classic album of song-styled material from the Bob Dylan songbook. 

AKD 230  

Waterloo Sunset
Waterloo Sunset
Exploring the themes of hidden emotions through classic, yet modern lyrics. 

AKD 222  

Chanson : The Space In Between
Chanson : The Space In Between
An original take on the songs of Jacques Brel by the Queen of Cabaret. 

AKD 129  

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 Records and performances have brought her to the world stage and revealed her to be one of Europe's most exciting voices.

Currently touring the UK with a repertoire of songs recorded by Nina Simone, Linn Records now release her new recording, "Just Like A Woman (hymn To Nina)" (Linn AKD309). The tour began in January with a sellout season at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and the album will be officially launched at The Shaw Theatre, London in March.

Critics have compared Jungr to Nina Simone and Peggy Lee, called her "a British Edith Piaf" and "one of the best interpreters of Jacques Brel and Bob Dylan anywhere on this angst ridden planet today" (Village Voice, New York). 

In 2007, she appeared at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in collaboration with the composer Mark Anthony Turnage in "About Water", which was written specifically for her voice. In 2005/6 Jungr appeared on BBC television performing at the Tribute to Bob Dylan Concert alongside Odetta, KT Tunstall and Billy Bragg.  In July 2006, she was featured on a BBC One documentary Queens of Heartache - a programme about iconic female singers.

Rochdale-born and Stockport-bred, Jungr's passionate singing and extraordinary song styling has its roots in northern soul, opera and jazz - the music that informed her early years.

In the 1980s she was part of the ‘alternative cabaret' circuit performing and recording with the cult vocal harmony group The Three Courgettes. Subsequently she enjoyed a 12 year song-writing and musical partnership with blues guitarist and songwriter Michael Parker. Together, they released six albums and worked extensively on tour, radio and television with, among others, Julian Clary and Alexei Sayle.

During the early 1990s Jungr created the award winning harmony show "Hell Bent Heaven Bound" but her solo career began in earnest after she recorded "Bare" in 1999 on Irregular Records. This recording brought her to the attention of Linn Records, with whom she has now recorded six albums. Her own self-penned material also features on certain albums.

Since appearing in New York in 2002, Jungr regularly performs in the United States - especially in New York where she has a loyal following. Australia has proved an equally successful territory as illustrated by a sell-out residency at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in summer 2006, followed by an 11 date nationwide tour in 2007 further underlining her fast-growing global reputation as a leading song-stylist.

With Mari Wilson and label-mate Claire Martin she created the sell-out cabaret show "Girl Talk" whose album (Linn AKD 279) was released and launched at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 2006.

Jungr continues to write extensively and was the lyricist for Birmingham Stage Company's sellout version of The Jungle Book.

For further information - www.barbjungr.com and http://www.myspace.com/barbjungr


For further information - www.jungr.com
New free podcast service
19 March 2008
Barb Jungr and John Butt launch Linn Records new podcast service
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Barb's Hymn to Nina at Ronnie Scott's
04 February 2008
Following her recent Nightlife 2008 Award in New York, Barb Jungr performs material from her forthcoming album at the legendary Ronnie Scott's.
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Barb Jungr Wins 2008 New York Nightlife Award
10 January 2008
Barb Jungr wins the New York-based Nightlife Award 2008 for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist.
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Barb Jungr - A Letter From Australia
27 September 2007
Linn Records caught up with Barb Jungr on a rare quiet moment during her current 21 date tour of Australia.
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Barb Jungr appears on Woman's Hour
17 August 2007
Barb talks to Jenni Murray about women in jazz
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The Jazz Rag
A constantly-gripping programme.
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Jazzwise
3 Stars
Jungr's phrasing and ability to slide across end rhymes in to the next line are the stuff of revelation.
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Record Collector
4 Stars
A fabulous new album by Barb Jungr
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The Independent
Jazz Album of the Week: Classy doesn't begin to sum it up.
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The Times
3 Stars
Imaginative arrangements of tunes associated with Nina Simone.
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The Scotsman
3 Stars
At first glance the title might lead you to expect another foray into Dylan territory, but the sub-title. "Hymn to Nina", reveals the real subject of this latest outing.
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Blues Art Journal
Nina's fans will be delighted with this joyous set, as no doubt will be Barb's too.
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Scotland on Sunday
3 Stars
Jungr's pure, throaty vocals have a fluidity and agility which allow her to pull off the trickiest numbers with graceful ease.
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Evening Standard
Barb Jungr is neither jazz diva nor blues belter, but she does have a compelling way of injecting truth into a song.
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The Sunday Times
4 Stars
The real pleasure lies in the typically thoughtful juxtapositions of material
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The Independent
4 Stars
The most startling pieces here are the medleys.
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Uncut
Brave Simone tribute from classy British-based jazz singer.
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The Melbourne Age
the singer has been enthralling audiences with her mesmerising live shows
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Sydney Morning Herald
An English singer with a delicious sense of humour to back up her unique interpretative powers.
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www.smarthouse.com
The result is a crisp, vivacious and full bodied sound that grips from the first track. Superb.
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The Age Green Guide
4 Stars
Jungr possesses a smoothly seductive contralto spanning a formidable musical range
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East Anglian Daily Times
Singer Barb Jungr's enthusiasm for her music is infectious and within seconds of taking to the microphone at the Boxford Fleece she had the sell-out crowd transfixed.
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The First Post
Buy this instead of the next Norah Jones album.
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High Fidelity Review
Barb Jungr knows how to give a song a personality.
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Audiophile Audition
The resulting sounds are irresistible.
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Rainbow Network
It's a thrill to hear her on such a lovely recording.
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Jazzwise
Her most compellingly sung and intensely vital collection to date.
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Sunday Times
An astute interpreter of chanson, folk, blues, jazz and show tunes.
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Daily Express
The magnificent Barb Jungr.
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BBC Online
Her latest offering on Linn Records will take some beating.
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HMV Choice
Another essential album from an artist not afraid to search, explore, stretch and expand the boundaries of her musical comfort zone.
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All About Jazz.com
Jungr has again come up with a winning formula.
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Audiophile Audition
Done with such raw emotion, that I can't visualize it being sung by Elvis.
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O's Place Newsletter
Jungr pays homage to the King.
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Live Review
Very special.
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High Fidelity
The technical side is awe inspiring, while it enhances the musical content.
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The Scotsman
An article by Barb Jungr.
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The Singer
Paring his greatest hits down to their bare essentials
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AudioEnz - New Zealand
The recording is superb - of demonstration quality.
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Daily Express
A must-have. ****
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Record Collector
An adroit interpreter of the songs of others.
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HMV Choice
Widely regarded as Britain’s most gifted song stylist
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www.backstage.com
Major talent here, folks.
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All Music Guide
Another exquisite, at times astonishing, album from Miss Jungr.
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The Stage
Rendering it anew in such a startlingly personal way that it is utterly reinvigorated
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The Times
Jungr could teach Madonna a thing or two about how to convey sensuality through words alone.
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Bloomberg News
If you've ever wondered how an artist can transform your view of a song, catch Jungr in concert.
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Time Out
You'll find a depth in these songs never previously imagined.
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Whitstable Times
A different kind of tribute to the King
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Jazz at Ronnie Scott's
One of Europe's most intriguing and intelligent interpreters of the contemporary song.
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Yorkshire Post
She makes them sound as if they were written just for her.
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The Sunday Times
An art-song sensibility tinged with cultured R&B.
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Arts East
Britain’s leading chansonnier.
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The Stage
startling for both its emotional intensity and rich musicality
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Jazz Times
Jungr navigates the soft-flowing tide of Ray Davies' title tune with wistful contentment
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Variety
Wider Stateside recognition is in order.
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Daily Telegraph
her version of Waterloo Sunset shines out
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Jazzwise
Beeline time.
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O's Place jazz Newsletter
4 Stars
12 classics sung with great emotion
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Mojo
Jungr knows a good song when she sings it
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Jazz at Ronnie Scott's
Jungr confirms her reputation as a peerless interpreter of the classic modern song
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Jazz Review
unrivalled for her ability to inhabit a song's emotional world
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Jazz Views
her command of expression earns her a place in this super-league of female singers
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3WBC 94.1 FM, Melbourne, Australia
What could be better than this album
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The Times
The thinking person's cabaret singer
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Record Collector
Another side of Barb Jungr
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HiFi News
you're in for a treat
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HMV Choice
This CD should both satisfy Jungr fans and surprise Dylan diehards
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Mojo
The kind of voice that many more should get around to hearing.
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Amazon.co.uk
An intriguing outing into Dylan territory.
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The Guardian
(A) haunting collection of 15 Dylan numbers.
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Jazz Views website
Jungr is one of the most talented current British female singers.
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The Times
Jungr's sensual performance casts the songs in a fresh light.
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Women in Music Magazine
This is a stunning album
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The Sunday Times
the renditions are sensitively handled
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03 May 2008
England
Library Theatre, Manchester
Celebrating Linda Smith

08 May 2008 to 10 May 2008
England
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London
Just Like a Woman - Hymn to Nina

23 May 2008
England
New Greenham Arts, Newbury
The Blue Hours Cabaret

20 June 2008
England
New Greenham Arts, Newbury
The Blue Hours Cabaret

21 June 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16


22 June 2008
England, London
606 Jazz Club, Chelsea


25 June 2008
England
unknown, Wellingborough
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

29 June 2008
England, London
The Bloomsbury Theatre
The Lovely Russell

22 July 2008
England, London
The Almeida Theatre
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

25 July 2008
England
The Wintergarden Hotel, Margate
The Margate Big Sky Jazz Festival

01 August 2008
England
The Fleece, Boxford
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

06 August 2008 to 07 August 2008
Scotland
The Queens Hall, Edinburgh
Just Like a Woman - Barb Jungr sings Nina Simone

22 August 2008 to 23 August 2008
England, London
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
New York Stories - with Ian Shaw

04 September 2008 to 06 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

11 September 2008 to 13 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

18 September 2008 to 20 September 2008
North America
The Metropolitan Room, New York
No Regrets - The Remarkable Barb Jungr

02 October 2008 to 04 October 2008
England, London
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

07 November 2008
Scotland
Strathclyde Suite, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Just Like a Woman - hymn to Nina

15 November 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16
London Jazz Festival

20 December 2008
England, London
The Vortex Jazz Bar, N16