Award-winning singer & writer
“It’s as if Edith Piaf and Nick Cave had a love-child,
who was adopted by Carmen McRae”
— Glam Adelaide
“One of the best interpreters of Jacques Brel and Bob Dylan anywhere on this angst ridden planet today”
— Village Voice, New York
“Brings the same creativity for re-interpretation and
re-examination that Ella Fitzgerald brought to Cole Porter.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“One of the world’s great cabaret singers”
— Time Out New York
“Electrifying... the top rank of jazz singers. A true musical alchemist she is truly a marvel, who should not be missed”
— The Telegraph
NEW... BOB, BREL AND ME
The new collection Bob, Brel and Me flies across the country after the Edinburgh Festival show on August 24th followed by a national tour Autumn 2019/Spring 2020, with the new album released 6th September on Kristalyn/Absolute.
The single Rise and Shine (co-written with Level 42’s Mike Lindup) is available NOW as a download and for streaming here.
"Humane, challenging, funny and restorative, this energising evening found one of the great contemporary chansonnières at her finest." PopMatters Alex Ramon reviews Bob, Brel and Me at The Purcell Room. Read the full review
In Bob, Brel and Me, Barb at last returns to her beloved Bob Dylan with stunning new arrangements and new translations of Jacques Brel, alongside her own compositions.
"Bob, Brel and Me is listenable, entrancing and beautifully put together. The care and attention to detail make it special. Barb Jungr hinted that this could be her last album. I, for one, sincerely hope not – and that this powerful album is perhaps the first of several more.” First album review of Bob, Brel and Me by Sammy Stein in Something Else – Read full review
Pre-order now at the online shop or on Amazon.co.uk