Barb Jungr
| Barb Jungr | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Barb Jungr |
| Born |
9 May 1954 Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Genres | Cabaret, jazz, blues, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, writer |
| Labels | Linn Records, Naim |
| Website | Official website |
Barb Jungr (born 9 May 1954) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even broader sense of a diverse range of songs interpreted in this style. She is also an acclaimed jazz and cabaret singer, and has become best known for her work with, or "interpretations" of, the songs of Bob Dylan. A song-stylist incorporating jazz and blues, her approach often includes radical re-readings of known writers as well as original material.
Barb Jungr was born in Rochdale, Lancashire to immigrant parents.
Her father was Miroslav Jungr, a Czech scientist; her mother, Ingrid, was a German nurse. The eldest of three siblings, Barb grew up in , Cheshire, where she attended Stockport Convent School for Girls before earning a BSc from Leeds University. Miroslav Jungr came to Britain as a refugee after the Second World War and after incarceration in the German Work Camps.
First arriving in London in the mid 1970s, Jungr worked with playwright Pam Gems and composer Paul Sand, appearing as the singer at the Edinburgh Festival production of Gem's play "Dead Fish" which subsequently became 'Dusa Fish Stas and Vi'. Jungr's first single was "He's Gone", as the Stroke, released by CBS records, was single of the week in the NME and was written and recorded with her then husband Dan Bowling.
Barb then formed the Three Courgettes with Michael Parker and Jerry Kreeger, and busked new wave versions of gospel classics in the Kings Road and Portobello Market in the late 1970s, where the band were discovered by Island Records, subsequently touring with Kid Creole and the Coconuts and all manner of other acts (Sade, Mari Wilson, the Jets). The Three Courgettes recorded a special Christmas track for Michael Zilkha's A Christmas Record.
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