Barb Jungr Comes To The Cafe Carlyle To Launch Late Night Series

Barb Jungr, one of the most inventive, original and critically acclaimed singers performing in New York today, returns to the Café Carlyle at the Carlyle Hotel for two weeks only, from February 26 to March 4, to launch a new series of late shows designed to provide an attractive new entertainment option for the Café Carlyle's sophisticated clientele. The new series will feature headliners like Jungr whose performances are considered daring, innovative or groundbreaking.

Buoyed by her second consecutive Best of the Year selection in Time Out NY (in 2008 she came in first; in 2009 she placed second!), Jungr launches "River," a brand new show, which plays two consecutive Thursdays through Saturdays February 25, 26, 27 and March 4, 5, 6, all at 10:45pm.

In "River" Jungr continues to plumb what she likes to call the New American Songbook, weaving together a collection of iconic songs from the late 20th century that rarely are heard in jazz and cabaret rooms, but that when interpreted by Jungr, seem like natural additions to the American oeuvre.

The flood of songwriters whose familiar songs will be rendered new to listeners' ears in revelatory new arrangements include Bruce Springsteen, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Percy Mayfield, Kern and Hammerstein, David Byrne, and many others.

"River" reunites Jungr with her London-based music director Simon Wallace on piano, who accompanied Jungr last year in "The Men I Love," which Stephen Holden of The New York Times said sparked "a small revolution" at the Café Carlyle. This critically acclaimed show is now being released on CD, with Naim Label bringing it out on March 8 in the U.K., and Allegro releasing it in the U.S. on May 11. Jungr marks the U.S. release of "The Men I Love" with a week of concerts at The Metropolitan Room, May 18 to 23.

A fixture in London's alternative cabaret scene since the late 70's (when she was a member of the cult vocal group The Three Courgettes), Jungr launched her solo career in 1997. Her solo recordings include "Durga Rising" (1997) "Bare" (1999), "Every Grain of Sand" (2002), "Love Me Tender," (2005), and "Just Like a Woman -- A Hymn to Nina" (2008). Jungr's six Linn Records recordings are available at amazon.com in the U.S.

"River" runs for two consecutive Thursdays through Saturdays -- Thursday February 25 through Saturday March 6. 6 performances only, all at 10:45pm. The music charge is $35, $50 & $75 (VIP seating). The Café Carlyle, in The Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue. Special late-night supper menu and dessert. For reservations call 212/744-1600 or visit www.thecarlyle.com

Photo credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

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