NYC: BARB JUNGR CELEBRATES U.S. RELEASE OF "THE MEN I LOVE"
To celebrate the USA release of her new CD "The Men I Love," from NAIM Label (distributed in the U.S. by Allegro) on May 11, Barb Jungr returns to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) for a one-week engagement, Tuesday through Sunday, May 18th through 23rd at 7:30 pm (7:00 pm on Tuesday & Sunday). Her new show, "River," is her eighth engagement at The Metropolitan Room since she first performed there in 2007. The show is a collection of iconic songs from the late 20th century that rarely are heard in jazz and cabaret rooms and includes a number of standouts from last year's acclaimed show "The Men I Love". Jungr, who is best known for her amazing deconstructions of songs by American rockers, has subtitled the new album "The New American Songbook." Jungr implies with her eye-opening interpretations (that reveal latent emotional content when she dislodges the songs from their original contexts), that many American songwriters from the rock era and beyond are not a breed apart from their predecessors like Gershwin, Kern, Mercer and Berlin. Is it right to have already closed the book (or the door) on the Great American Songbook? Jungr believes it is still being written and that Dylan, Springsteen and Cohen can comfortably sit beside Porter and the rest. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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