The American Debut of Barb Jungr's Dylan Songbook Plays The Rrazz Room, 10/10-12

Variously described by critics as magnificent, mesmerizing and magical and favorably compared to Nina Simone, Peggy Lee and Edith Piaf, Barb Jungr has, in recent years, built a formidable reputation on the international cabaret stage. With her stunningly evocative interpretations of songs from what she champions as the ‘Great New American Songbook' (includes, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel, Bruce Springsteen and many more), Barb has taken the art of cabaret singing and imbued it with new vitality and relevance for the 21st century.

Widely regarded as "the foremost interpreter of Bob Dylan's back catalogue" (The Independent), Barb's new recording, which features several tracks not released by her before (Sara, Man In The Long Black Coat, It Ain't Me Babe and With God On Our Side) marks the culmination of a decade-long affair with the work of Bob Dylan; as Barb states "Once I had started singing Dylan's songs I couldn't stop".

Barb Jungr is enjoying another busy year of concert engagements throughout 2011, following last year's release of the acclaimed album, The Men I Love, and a hugely successful series of live dates at home and abroad in 2010, including her first tour in St Louis, Cleveland and San Francisco last December.

Barb is wholly passionate about songs and singing, and this is never more apparent than in her live shows where she holds audiences spellbound with her revelatory interpretations and dramatic style of delivery. Slick and entertaining to the last, she balances these grand gestures with her innate sense of humor and comic timing. Man In The Long Black Coat will be distributed in the US by Naxos of America, Inc.

Photo Credit: Steve Ullathorne

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