Barb Jungr and her Trio ft. Simon Wallace

One of the most extraordinary British singers of her generation.

Barb Jungr’s formidable talent as a singer, composer and lyricist is only outshone by her ability to reinterpret familiar songs and reveal new depths of meaning and beauty. Internationally acclaimed, Jungr continues to evolve her signature style while her transcendent artistry both live and recorded continues to delight audiences. With some 8 recordings on the Scottish Jazz Label Linn Records, 2 on Naim, and several more on Kristalyn Records, Jungr continues to expand and extend the concept of “interpretation” of classic contemporary song.

With her trio, and featuring her long time collaborator and stunning pianist, Simon Wallace, Barb brings a selection drawn from her favourite songwriters including Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Webb, Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond and more.

Photo by Steve Ullathorne

“Never say never, but they might just be the ideal act for this very special music room.” – UK Jazz News
“Bob Dylan, jazz, northern soul, Nina Simone and continental Europe’s cabaret music perform a subtle dance in Jungr’s consciousness.” – The Guardian
“Brings the same creativity for reinterpretation and re-examination that Ella Fitzgerald brought to Cole Porter.” – Wall Street Journal

Barb Jungr’s formidable talent as a singer, composer and lyricist is only outshined by her ability to re-interpret familiar songs and reveal new depths of meaning and beauty.  Internationally acclaimed, Jungr continues to evolve her signature style while her transcendent artistry both live and recorded continues to delight audiences. 

What you might know is that singer, performer and recording artist Barb Jungr is “mesmerising” (New York Times), “casually virtuosic” (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”.  

For the last twenty years Barb Jungr has achieved international acclaim as one of the most prominent singers of the works of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Her capacity to embrace their meaning and emotion has had 4 and 5 star reviews in the USA, Australia, Europe and The Far East. In her near 50 year career she has released 20 plus solo albums and has collaborated with some of the great jazz singers and performers of our times, including Ian Shaw, Lawrence Hobgood, Claire Matin, Dillie Keane, Mari Wilson; she opened the rejuvenated Queen’s Hall at the South Bank Centre in London in a commissioned collaboration with the composer Mark Anthony Turnage. She has appeared at The Lincoln Center, the legendary Joe’s Pub and 54 Below in New York where she commands a dedicated audience. Her version of I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight was cited in The Times as one of the “10 Best Dylan Covers” of all time alongside performances by Stevie Wonder, Bryan Ferry and Johnny Cash. 

As a live performer, Barb Jungr is always funny, and often hilarious. 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. 

She has appeared on TV and radio both as a performer and a critic on the importance of Dylan and Cohen and written about Dylan most recently for the book, Dylan At 80.