Barb Jungr - Bob, Brel and Me (2019) Hi-Res

Britain’s legendary cult singer and performer premiers her stunning new collection, Bob, Brel and Me as she returns to two colossi, Bob Dylan and Jacques Brel, whose writing has helped to define her whole career as the leading interpreter of popular song.

In this brand new collection for 2019, Barb turns her acclaimed ability at reinvention and reinterpretation to a set of Dylan and Brel songs she has never tackled before on stage, all in original arrangements. They include “Les cœurs tendres” (The tender hearts), “Voir un ami pleurer” (To see a friend break down and cry), “Mr Tambourine Man” and “This Wheel’s on Fire.” Placed alongside them will be some of Barb’s own songs, written with a number of wonderful collaborators including Level 42’s Mike Lindup.

What you might know is that singer, performer and recording artist Barb Jungr is ”mesmerising” (The New York Times), ”casually virtuosic” (The Guardian), an ”alchemist among jazz singers” (Telegraph), possessing a voice which is “shockingly expressive, with an astonishing palette of colours” (Observer). Across her 40 year career she has been internationally acclaimed for combining immaculate vocal technique, impassioned performance, piercing insight and beautifully unexpected musical arrangements to reinterpret European and American popular songs in a manner which The New York Times described as ”revelatory”.

What you might not know is that as a live performer, Barb Jungr is always funny, and often hilarious. Like, intentionally. Cabaret Scenes described a performance in November 2016 as “the funniest hour of cabaret I’ve ever seen” from a “world-class raconteur.” Originally emerging from the alternative cabaret scene of the 1970s and 80s, and cutting her teeth alongside the likes of Julian Clary, Alexei Sayle and Arnold Brown, her ability to deliver shows which are utterly alive, and spontaneously respond to the world in and outside the performance space, is second to none.