The Men I Love: The New American Songbook

Down Beat

"extend new musical light on what we think of as 'the originals'."
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Time Out NYC
"Her supple and versatile voice glows like a hearth on a winter's day...superb"


The Sunday Times

"Walking a fine line between cabaret, jazz and grown-up pop, Jungr has always had an eye for an unlikely tune"
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Motif
"Jungr is a magician with words and her ability to transmute anything she sang into something sombre and heartfelt was the stuff of pure alchemy."


Limelight
'amongst the best when it comes to reinterpreting popular songs'


Jazz Bus
" To hear her alternately draw in tenderly and unfurl the tune is a wondrous experience."
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The Scotsman
"Superb"


Blurt-online.com
'Barb Jungr brings the same kind of warm, elegant clarity and effortlessly compelling dramatic intonation to her singing as Emma Thompson does to her acting, and instantly establishes anything she does as important.'


alifeof style.com
"After hearing Ms. Jungr live, I realize she is more than a singer - but a true performer. On stage she has the power to take you up with a wind blown lyric, and then drag you through the depths of a long lost dream with another. Great performers have the ability to create this arc - Jungr has it in spades."


Nightlifeexchange.com
"This isn't merely an entertainer whose talents scrape the heavens; rather, this is an entertainer who grabs the stars from the skies and scatters them across a room with her talent."


blitzmag
" Jungr reiterates her determination to take possession of the basic framework and reinvent according to her individual preferences...it is obvious that she has succeeded admirably."
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"Jungr’s Men is an artfully crafted, contemporary sounding session, sensitive and powerful...For the full effect, check her out live"
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Jazz Times
"powerfully affecting....for sheer poetic beauty, none can match the stirring solemnity of her prayerlike "Night Comes On."
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allmusic.com
"an engrossing album...transforming everything from Talking Heads to the Isley Brothers"
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O's Place Jazz Magazine

'Jungr and Wallace try to capture the spirit of a live performance. They succeed '
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The Sunday Mercury
"This new CD is [a] collection of fine compositions...unique"
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Culture Catch
"If cabaret is to have a future (and sizable audience) beyond senior citizens, it will likely sound like this"
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Wears The Trousers Magazine
"Intimate yet dramatic, it’s lush enough to swim in and full of heart-tugging sincerity"
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Cabaret Scenes
"Few artists can lay claim to being labeled 'one of the world’s premiere song stylists…' Here, Jungr wipes away the competition."
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Cabaret Scenes (LIVE REVIEW)
"With bold choices and naked emotionalism, Barb Jungr is committed, commanding and compelling"


Jazzwise

"At times startling and often revelatory, sometimes within the space of a single song"
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Net Rhythms
"It's a lovely album and much more than the background listening such projects can tend to be. Someone send Rod Stewart a copy"
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In Tune
"She totally subverts all previous versions...enlightening and soulful"
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Rock 'n' Reel

"There are few better interpreters of contemporary song than Barb Jungr"
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Metro
"she’s established herself as one of the leading lights of the art-song tradition..outstanding"
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The Huffington Post
"at the moment one of the best, if not the best, is Barb Jungr...she has an ability to combine intellectual depth with authentic emotionalism"
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All About Jazz
"Thoughtfully and beautifully rendered...revealing pleasures previously hidden by the lesser interpretations of these numbers"
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St Joseph News (US)
"Barb Jungr has that Joni Mitchell hipness. Her interpretation of new standards are like vocal poetry."


The Information Magazine (The Independent)
"Takes your breath away"
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The Independent

"poised on the cusp of relaxation and anticipation...perfect"
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Time Out NYC
"one of the top five cabaret singers in the world right now. She’s just that good"


Midwest Record
"A new high water mark for sitting down music"
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BBC.co.uk
"[Jungr] sounds as if she has lived every line of every song...daring, drama and emotion"
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ThisIsBooksMusic.com
"a true artist who knows how to get in the spirit of these compositions and allow herself to get caught up in the music"
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Choice Magazine
"a truly great interpretive singer"
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Daily Echo

"shows just what a travesty shows like X-Factor make of a much maligned art"
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VortexJazz.co.uk
"Jungr infuses lyrics with extraordinary tenderness"


Record Collector

"a unique presentational style"
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LondonJazzBlog
"Jungr at her magnificent best"


Attitude Magazine

"Elegant"
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Arranged by Simon Wallace and Barb Jungr
Recorded @ Underhill Studios by Simon Wallace
Mixed and Mastered by Christoph Bracher @ Bedroom Studios

Simon Wallace - piano, synth
Steve Watts - double bass
Frank Schaeffer - cello
Paul Clarvis - percussion
Clive Bell - flute