| "Every Grain of Sand" Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan |
| Linn Records Released 18/3/2002 - AKD187 available from Linn Records and Amazon.co.uk |
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| Every Grain Of Sand, is Barb Jungr's new album for Linn Records, and will challenge everything you thought you knew about Bob Dylan. Barb treats Dylan's songs as chansons, and her style reveals that he's up there with the best - Brel, Prévert, Ferré - a songwriter of extraordinary poetry and passion. Each song creates its own little world, and has its own drama. Barb unfolds each with devastating technique. Opening with a caressingly sexy reading of I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Barb takes us from 1960's classics like I Want You to Dylan's most recent album release Love and Theft with the soulful ballad Sugar Baby. She focuses on Dylan's lyrics and melodies, drawing attention to the deepest core of the songs. and what treasures are there! But as Barb says: 'I sing only the best, Brel, Dylan - it spoils you'. Barb's collaborators on Every Grain Of Sand, arrangers and musicians, are some of London's finest. James Tomalin, Simon Wallace and Russell Churney have worked closely with Barb to create a chamber jazz sound that is elegant but edgy, passionate, but never obtrusive. Every Grain Of Sand is Barb's highly personal selection of songs from Dylan's 44 albums. Choosing 15 songs from this vast repertoire was no easy task. Barb says: 'These are the songs that just wouldn't let go' - songs of love and spiritual longing, beautifully crafted and profoundly moving. BARB JUNGR IS AVAILABE FOR INTERVIEW. FURTHER INFORMATION Musicians: Jungr's musicians are: cello - Sonia Oakes Stuart; double bass - Julie Walkington; violin - Sonja Fairburn; accordion - Kim Burton with piano performances by Simon Wallace and Russell Churney. The saxophone player Mark Lockheart (Perfect Houseplants) and percussionist Gary Hammond (Beautiful South) add their considerable talents. Calum Malcolm has recorded and produced with great sensitivity, framing Barb's voice to express perfectly this rich collection of songs. |
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