Reviews

“Singer Barb Jungr’s Version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Is Powerful Enough To Change One Critic’s Opinion” Will Freidwald, 15 April 2025 Jungr has made a specialty of brilliant interpretations of composers from the era of rock and singer-songwriters, establishing that their music can be reconstructed and reinterpreted. While I don’t frequently acknowledge that “Hallelujah” is…

★★★★ Barb Jungr, celebrated for her extraordinary talent in reinterpreting iconic songs with profound depth and emotion, returns to the stage with a remarkable tribute to the timeless works of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. With a voice that masterfully balances strength and subtlety, Jungr guides audiences through some of modern songwriting’s most evocative masterpieces,…

★★★★ This accomplished and captivating show is something of a precursor to an album launch in January 2025 and a brief tour entitled Hallelujah on Desolation Row in selected locations starting March. Details are on Barb Jungr’s website at https://www.barbjungr.co.uk/tour-dates Barb Jungr is arguably Britain’s best kept jazz secret, despite a substantial body of recorded…

Bob Dylan is, frankly, not someone I could listen to for very long. That is, of course, my loss – even in his eighties he continues to tour and has sold out the London Palladium amongst other venues for his ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 2022’. I suppose it’s an acquired taste, and I assume…

★★★★★ It’s ironic that Barb Jungr unveiled her latest set of songs at The Crazy Coqs last night. The venue is London’s finest cabaret room with its art deco styling, plush red velvet curtains and seating for all – a delight for all the senses. However, Barb’s new set following in her shows featuring Bob…

★★★★★ Croissants, the Eiffel Tower, love and death, more death and love, Paris in the spring. The world of Piaf, Brel, Trenet and Aznavour. World famous singers covering ‘If You Go Away’, ‘Milord’, ‘Seasons in the Sun’, ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘If We Only Have Love’. Those who aren’t familiar with Barb Jungr and her prodigious repertoire,…

★★★★★ “These are songs of Death. Love. Death, Death, Death. A little bit of love. Death. And love.” So introduces Barb Jungr to her repertoire of Chanson songs, specifically Chanson Réaliste, as typified by Edith Piaf and Marie Dubas, and Nouvelle Chanson, a more modern evolution akin to Serge Gainsbourg and Coralie Clement. In Jungr’s…

★★★★ It is often considered a brave choice to rework songs that, for most people, are etched into their memory by the original artist. This is probably most true of Bob Dylan, one of the most significant singer songwriters who, at eighty-one, is about to appear at the London Palladium. Barb Jungr is one of…

You don’t think twice about going to see outstanding performer Barb Jungr in a show featuring Bob Dylan classic covers – you just know this versatile singer is going to bring on the fireworks. She may have been singing Dylan songs for more than 21 years (a late arrival to one of the greatest singer-songwriters…

★★★★★ (★) There is no doubt about it. Barb Jungr is the greatest interpreter of the most important musical talents and poets of the last century.  Last night at the Crazy Coqs Cabaret, at Brasserie Zedel she was singing the songs of the Canadian/Jewish songwriter Leonard Cohen. To sing his songs it is important to smile, otherwise the audience…