Barb Jungr: My Best Valentine

The unmissable Barb Jungr returns to Crazy Coqs singing her favourite love songs from her 20 plus album releases and 40 plus collections. Join one of the most accomplished British singers of her generation to celebrate Valentine’s night, 2025.

“Britain’s finest interpreter of song” and “One of the best cabaret artists in the world” (Time Out New York), continues her love affair with the work of two of the most important songwriters of the 20th Century, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, alongside songs from Jacques Brel. Jimmy Webb, The Bee Gees, Neil Diamond and many more.

Barb will be accompanied by Jenny Carr on the piano.

“it’s as if Edith Piaf and Nick Cave had a love-child, who was adopted by Carmen McRae.” – Glam Adelaide

 “Barb Jungr interprets [Dylan and Cohen’s] work with a ferocity and truthfulness
that demolishes every cover version you’ve ever heard.” – New York Times 

 “A true musical alchemist, she is truly a marvel, who should not be missed” – Telegraph

 “Barb Jungr is a timeless performer who never loses her star quality.
In her Bob Dylan show we see what can only be described as a masterclass in cabaret perfection.” – The Reviews Hub

Barb Jungr’s formidable talent as a singer, composer and lyricist is only outshined by her ability to re-interpret familiar songs and reveal new depths of meaning and beauty.  Internationally acclaimed, Jungr continues to evolve her signature style while her transcendent artistry both live and recorded continues to delight audiences. 

What you might know is that singer, performer and recording artist Barb Jungr is “mesmerising” (New York Times), “casually virtuosic” (Guardian), an “alchemist among jazz singers” (Telegraph), possessing a voice which is “shockingly expressive, with an astonishing palette of colours” (Observer).  

Across her 40 year career she has been internationally acclaimed for combining immaculate vocal technique, impassioned performance, piercing insight and beautifully unexpected musical arrangements to reinterpret European and American popular songs in a manner which The New York Times described as “revelatory”.  

For the last twenty years Barb Jungr has achieved international acclaim as one of the most prominent singers of the works of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Her capacity to embrace their meaning and emotion has had 4 and 5 star reviews in the USA, Australia, Europe and The Far East. In her near 50 year career she has released 20 plus solo albums and has collaborated with some of the great jazz singers and performers of our times, including Ian Shaw, Lawrence Hobgood, Claire Matin, Dillie Keane, Mari Wilson; she opened the rejuvenated Queen’s Hall at the South Bank Centre in London in a commissioned collaboration with the composer Mark Anthony Turnage. She has appeared at The Lincoln Center, the legendary Joe’s Pub and 54 Below in New York where she commands a dedicated audience. Her version of I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight was cited in The Times as one of the “10 Best Dylan Covers” of all time alongside performances by Stevie Wonder, Bryan Ferry and Johnny Cash. 

As a live performer, Barb Jungr is always funny, and often hilarious. Cabaret Scenes described a performance in November 2016 as “the funniest hour of cabaret I’ve ever seen” from a “world-class raconteur”. Originally emerging from the alternative cabaret scene of the 1970s and 80s, and cutting her teeth alongside the likes of Julian Clary, Alexei Sayle and Arnold Brown, her ability to deliver shows which are utterly alive, and spontaneously respond to the world in and outside the performance space, is second to none. 

She has appeared on TV and radio both as a performer and a critic on the importance of Dylan and Cohen and written about Dylan most recently for the book, Dylan At 80.