Barb Jungr’s highly praised new CD on Linn records, 'Every Grain Of Sand' which celebrates the work of the legendary American songwriter Bob Dylan was released by Linn Records on March 18th, 2002.

The CD was launched 'live' in England with a sellout 2 week run at the Soho Theatre and in Scotland at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre, and is touring nationally. It follows her enormously successful 'Chanson The Space In Between', now released internationally, which transformed classic Brel and Ferre songs with new arrangements and specially commissioned translations and was in The Sunday Times' ten best jazz CD’s of 2000 list.

In 2001 she performed in Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Norway and The UK, she returned to perform in Oslo's Concert Hall in spring and tours Norway again in late autumn, 2002. 'Every Grain Of Sand' has been invited to New York for an early autumn run at the Flea Theatre in Tribeca.

Barb contributed an original track to Irregular Records 'Article 14' CD in support of The Medical Foundation For The Victims Of Torture, and 2 original tracks to Irregular’s '9 by 2: Contemporary British Chansons' CD. She is writing the musical 'The Ballad of Nora’s Ark' for Martin Sutherland Productions for production in 2003 and has recorded and premiers classical composer Jonathan Cooper’s 'Moon Cycle' (which was written especially for her unique voice), in 2003.

She's called 'Britain's answer to Juliette Greco and Serge Gainsbourg', 'A British Piaf', 'legendary' and 'a cult'. The leading singer and song stylist of cabaret and chansons in Britain and a driving force of contemporary European cabaret in the world, Barb Jungr has a unique recording and performance history.

Born in Rochdale in the northwest of England to Czech and German parents she sang in folk clubs at school, jazz and blues bands at college, in theatre in London and began recording for CBS records in the late 1970’s with a 'single of the week - almost' in the NME. Forming the Three Courgettes she toured with Kid Creole and appeared on the original alternative cabaret circuit in the UK. With Michael Parker she played and recorded in the duo Jungr and Parker recording for Billy Bragg's label and releasing a number of records, for 12 years touring internationally and performing regularly on radio and television, appeared in the West End, touring nationally and internationally with Julian Clary and was prominent on the blooming alternative cabaret circuits in the UK. She has since carved a prominent and individual furrow with her renditions of Brel and Ferre in her solo stage shows and now Dylan on Linn and Irregular records.

Her sold-out performances at the prestigious Purcell Rooms, Pizza On The Park and all over Britain have lead to increasing demands for her live work internationally.

Barb Jungr was the first woman to win a Perrier Award, toured and recorded with Julian Clary, has sung and performed all over the world from The Yemen to Malawi, Sudan to Sri Lanka, in the United States and Canada.

She writes, teaches, studies and speaks about the voice and European cabaret. She was the guest artist in Amici Dance Theatre Compan's acclaimed '20/20' in Berlin and London, created the sellout show 'Girl Talk' in collaboration with Claire Martin and Mari Wilson, directed 'Darkness and Disgrace' about David Bowie for Des de Moor and Russell Churney, writes and broadcasts on cabaret, music and arts related topics and contributed the chapter on 'voice' to 'The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel'(published autumn 2002).

A superb singer and performer who defies categorisation - her current CD 'Every Grain Of Sand' features in both jazz and folk charts: like Nina Simone, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey and Diamanda Galas, Barb Jungr’s work is completely individual.