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 NEW CD - Just Like A Woman
2008 brought the release of Jungr’s new CD and 6th recording for Linn Records, ‘Just Like A Woman - Hymn to Nina’ (AKD 309). The album has had fantastic 4 star reviews - 'unashamedly dark’ (The Sunday Times) and was ‘Album of the Week‘ in the Independent with Tim Cummings saying “classy doesn’t even begin to sum it up”.
Featuring songs originally sung by Nina Simone and recorded with a stunning group of musicians including pianist and Barb’s MD Jenny Carr, organist and multi instrumentalist Jessica Lauren, drummer Johnny Lee, bassist Danny Thompson and saxophonist and clarinetist Mark Lockheart. The album was produced by Barb and legendary Blue Nile producer, Calum Malcolm.
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LIVE NEWS
Barb returns to Islington’s Almeida Theatre in July, the 22nd (after her sellout Bob Dylan show there last year) – celebrating for the first time in a years her chansons material from her first ever Linn recording. Featuring new translations of Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre, plus Prevert and of course her beloved Bob Dylan, Barb is thrilled to sing this powerful repertoire again accompanied by the wonderful Jenny Carr and Jessica Lauren.
In August Barb premiers her highly acclaimed new Nina Simone show at the Edinburgh Festival with a 2 night return to the Assembly Queen’s Hall. And in between she plays all over the country – don’t miss the UK’s foremost song stylist at a venue near you - check live dates for information »
September sees Barb performing a new show for the USA in a 3 weekend residency at her favourite New York venue, The Metropolitan Room. ‘I Got Life’ will feature the repertoire of Nina Simone - check live dates for information »
BARB WINS 2008 NIGHTLIFE AWARD IN NEW YORK
2008 started with a bang when Barb won the Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist. The only broad-based, critic-driven award show for Nightlife in New York, the Nightlife Awards celebrates the best performances in cabaret, comedy, and jazz, the winners chosen by a total of four different panels representing nearly thirty critics from across the city. Barb will appear at the winners concert on January 28th at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
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A LETTER FROM PIMLICO
July 2008
It's the day after the wonderful evening we shared at The Bloomsbury Theatre celebrating our friend and my long time and now sadly passed accompanist, Russell Churney, and its been an emotional roller coaster of a few weeks leading to here.
Thank the lord the sun was shining today and I lay in Battersea Park beside the Peace Pagoda soaking up the rays and regaining some kind of balance.
The joy of arranging something like last Sunday’s concert is the hidden surprises, which for me have been finding a new friend in Dillie Keane, Fascinating Aida’s supreme and a great woman all round.
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