...sings Bob Dylan

• Internationally renowned as "one of the best interpreters of Bob Dylan” (Village Voice, NY), Barb Jungr pays tribute to her musical hero in his 70th birthday year with a new compilation of favourite Dylan songs. • ‘Man In A Long Black Coat’ includes four never before recorded tracks: Sara, Man in the Long Black Coat, It Ain’t Me Babe and With God On Our Side, which receive rave reviews in her acclaimed live shows. • 2011 will see Barb back on the road promoting ‘Man In A Long Black Coat’ with dates across the UK and in the States. • Barb’s first album of Dylan has become a cult classic, with celebrity fan Jeremy Irons naming it as one of the must-have albums on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. • 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 songs. • Barb has toured the UK, Australia, America, Norway and Ireland, returning several times by popular demand to New York. • Barb was chosen to appear alongside Billy Bragg, Odetta and K.T. Tunstall as part of a Tribute to Bob Dylan at The Barbican, in London. Wybrane recenzje: Cover Me Songs
'A dusky gem.'
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GQ
'...the best album I've heard.'


Broadway World
'Jungr doesn't just interpret Dylan songs, she re-imagines them'
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I heart the road
'Her voice is pure and holds that languid quality that have jettisoned stars like Colbie Caillat to Lana Del Rey to the top in recent years.'
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New York Theater Examiner
'The arrangements and interpretations are unique and lovely, heart wrenching, funny and satirical'
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The Examiner
'This gal is a most unique experience you'd want to have.'
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The Times

'[Barb] teases out every nuance in a Dylan lyric as she reshapes it to her own ends.'
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Halesowen news
"...Barb is at her most affecting..."
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Theater Scene
Cabaret Roundup: Best of 2011: "Her performances have become iconic."
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John Shelton Ivany Top 21
'One of the greatest albums of the year.'
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NY Theatre Wire
'...Jungr's inspired interpretations of Dylan's songs make her performance electrifying.'
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The Martin Report
"...she has emerged as one part educator, one part icon"
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Times Square Chronicles
'A righteous revelation'
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Times Square Chronicles
"...Jungr doesn't just interpret 13 Dylan classics, she re-imagines them"
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Woman Around Town
'Barb's enthralling'
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Cabaret Scenes
"Jungr knocks it out of the park..."
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Cabaret Confessional
She is dazzling...a phenomenal master song interpreter and stylist.
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
'It is exciting to savor what Jungr does with Dylan"
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Wall Street Journal
"She sings with a passion and tenderness that not even Mr. Dylan himself could have imagined"
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NY Culture
"...the most significant vocal album of the 21st century thus far"
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New York Post
"Bob Dylan's songs are a-changin' when Barb Jungr tries them on."
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New York Times
"Barb Jungr delivered a fiery personal tutorial on Mr. Dylan"
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Cabaret Scenes
'At full throttle, she's enthralling.'
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The Village Voice
Bob Dylan Gets The British Female Treatment! Fab!
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The Art of the Torch Singer
'...Jungr pursues the truth in the lyrics with a spirit of adventure and a musicality that is always intriguing...'
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remotegoat.co.uk

'...Barb Jungr who eclipses them all.'
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Liverpool Daily Post
'She is a brilliant interpreter of contemporary songs.'
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Liverpool Echo
'A CD landed on my desk that I just couldn’t stop playing...'
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threeweeks.co.uk
'Barb Jungr was joined on stage by Simon Wallace on the keys in an absolutely captivating cover of Bob Dylan.'


Dark Chat

'No-one should be surprised by her ability to inhabit a song and turn a perennial favourite upside down and inside out with a great arrangement...'
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The Independent

"Except for Dylan himself on a good night, this is the best way to hear his songs."
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TimeOut London
'...one of the strongest voices in international cabaret performance.'
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The American
"What Jungr brings to the songs is a forensic skill at unpacking the poetry married to great musicianship."
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Jazzwise
"If you've yet to enter Barb Jungr's musical universe, then this paean to Dylan is just about the perfect place to start."
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Record Collector

"...her own voice and delivery is unique..."
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The British Theatre Guide
'...imagine a smoky, powerful, jazzy, gospel mix...'
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O's Place Jazz Magazine
'When she hits it right, Jungr strikes gold.'
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Choice Magazine
'...proving not just what gifted interpreted Barb Jungr is, but the timeless, infinitely malleable, nature of the songs themselves.'
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Herald Scotland
'Jungr sings Dylan's words quite beautifully, which the man himself, well, can't.'
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The Sunday Times

'...the musicianship is never less than first-rate.'
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The Independent
"her deconstructed jazz takes...allow new slants to seep into the songs"
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Cabaret Confessional
'...superb interpretations that deliver every song's story in the most unexpect ways.'
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BBC Online
"As a Dylan interpreter, Jungr is right up there with Simone or The Byrds."
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6moons.com
Blue Moon Award: '...[Barb] found new and unexplored depth.'
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Slipped Disc (Norman Lebrecht's Blog)
'Far better to sample Barb Jungr’s sophisticated re-interpretations of Dylan classics, with supple vocal and sensitive instrumentation.'


In Tune
...warmhearted celebration
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London Jazz
...a delicious mixture of tones and colours
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Girl Singers
"...this recording takes Dylan's work to some surprising new places, and is very highly recommended."
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Record Collector
'So persuasively did Jungr inhabit the songs that...one entertained the thought that she might have understood them better than their author.'
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The Stage
'...never ceases to amaze.'
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The Telegraph

"Communicating real, heart-felt emotion is what this cabaret singer is all about."
more >> “Jungr's sensual performance casts the songs in a fresh light.” The Times “The foremost interpreter of Bob Dylan's back catalogue.” The Independent “Shockingly expressive… I just hope that Dylan himself starts writing for her direct." The Observer “Jungr approaches the Dylan songbook with a rare degree of intelligence.” Mojo “Many a Dylan fan was seduced by the svelte covers on "Every Grain of Sand.” The Sunday Times “Her accounts are completely original.” Time Out NY Uczestnicy nagrania: all* vocals & tambourine: Barb Jungr celeste, piano, vocoder programming, synth, organ, bells, waterfone and soundscape recordings: Adrian York clarinets, piano, keyboard samples and sounds cape: Jonathan Cooper violin: Miriam Teppich & Dominika Rosiek viola: Rebecca Brown cello: Thangam Debbonaire harp: Billy Jackson acoustic bass: Mario Castronari