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Barb Jungr / Kuljit Bhamra / Russell Churney: Durga Rising

Read "Durga Rising" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 11, 2012

Durga Rising was recorded in 1996 but not properly released at the time. Featuring Barb Jungr on vocals, Kuljit Bhamra on percussion and Russell Churney on piano, it seems likely to attract more attention today than it did back in 1996. Since then, Jungr has enjoyed a burgeoning solo career accompanied by a string of awards that recognize her prowess as a cabaret singer, and Bhamra has gained prominence in several areas, including jazz, through his work with saxophonist Andy ...

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Barb Jungr: The Men I Love - The New American Songbook

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 23, 2010

Gli uomini amati da Barb Jungr in questo disco sono alcuni songwriter degli anni sessanta, settanta e ottanta che la cantante inglese celebra come gli esponenti di un nuovo American Songbook, continuatori dell'opera di Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, eccetera. Nomi celebri che quasi sempre sono stati (e sono) anche grandi interpreti della scena rock come David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon. La Jungr appartiene più alla canzone d'autore e al cabaret che al mondo ...

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Interview

Barb Jungr: Smart, Sassy, Sexy

by John Eyles
March 23, 2010

Singer Barb Jungr is on a roll at present. In March 2009 she and accompanist Simon Wallace played for the first time at Café Carlyle, in New York City, presenting a show entitled “The Men I Love" which featured songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Todd Rundgren and Neil Diamond. The show received rave reviews and was voted one of the year's best by Time Out New York. The songs from the show formed the ...

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Album Review

Barb Jungr: The Men I Love: The New American Songbook

Read "The Men I Love: The New American Songbook" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 9, 2010

A British Edith Piaf is a dead-on description of Barb Jungr. She is more a song stylist than a jazz vocalist but on The Men I Love she mines a new vein of music in the Great American Songbook for alternative interpretation. All the songs, whether originally up-tempo or ballads, are easily spread into a contemporary song cycle of the second half of the 20th century. The tone and mood are accomplished by the spare instrumentation Jungr employs with Frank ...

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Barb Jungr: Walking In The Sun

Read "Walking In The Sun" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
September 23, 2006

The UK, for whatever reason, has in recent years developed its own treasure trove of jazz vocalists that most favorably compare with any in the world. The foremost female among these is Barb Jungr, whose prior releases have seen her tackle Dylan, Brel and Elvis with stunning results. She is able to add new depth through sparse, mood-evoking arrangements to known tunes with a style that owes much to her early musical diet of Northern British soul combined with jazz ...