The wait is over… Barb Jungr’s latest offering ‘The Men I Love – The New American Songbook is officially out and is getting rave reviews. That’s hardly surprising, considering the quality of her music, and I recommend anyone who hasn’t experienced her music to order a copy.
Reviews from her successful Café Carlyle season in New York City are coming soon!
From BBC
Jungr’s powers of interpretation make such an eclectic selection into a vital, coherent album. She sounds as if she has lived every line of every song. These are not just cover versions. Instead, Jungr and Wallace have taken the songs apart to find out how they work, before remodeling them.
Read the rest of the review by John Eyles here.
From The Independent
After the tightly-focused spotlight on the late Nina Simone’s repertoire that was Just Like A Woman, Barb Jungr returns to her wide-ranging selections from The Great American Songbook with The Men I Love…Perhaps the most successful, and revolutionary, interpretation is of Talking Heads’ “Once In A Lifetime”, on which piano, cello, shakuhachi and subtle percussion create an almost oriental mystery reflected in the inquisitive, airy innocence of Jungr’s delivery. (****)
Read the rest of the review by Andy Gill here.
From Girl Singers
Turning pop music into classics has been a staple of Ms. Jungr’s work for some time, but never quite as far as she does on this disc. Ms. Jungr – a master craftsman at interpreting lyrics – puts these songs into another space entirely. The style is powerful and raw, especially on the ballads. And it’s surprising to me which tracks have been turned into ballads. You haven’t heard “I’m A Believer” like this before. Ever… Very highly recommended.
Read the rest of the review by Doug Boynton here.
From Propose Music
Jungr’s powers of understand have such an heterogeneous preference in to a vital, awake album. She sounds as if she has lived each line of each song. These have been not only cover versions. Instead, Jungr and Wallace have taken the songs detached to find out how they work, prior to remodeling them.
Read the rest of the review by Dan Berglund here.
From Midwest Record
One of the familiar but different kind of records in the vein of Nouvelle Vague, Jungr is clearly that important kind of uptown vocalist you have to pay attention to as she’s got the touch to turn anything into art, in a good way. A new high water mark for sitting down music.
Read the rest of the review by Chris Spector here.
To download the album or order the CD, click here.
Barb Jungr’s official website: www.barbjungr.co.uk
Naim Label’s official website: www.naimlabel.com
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Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 5:42PM 
