Wordplay - Barb Jungr & Carolyn Burke

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Wordplay – Barb Jungr & Carolyn Burke
Official UK launch of 'No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf'
by Carolyn Burke.
Edith Piaf was one of the most beloved singers of the twentieth century. Tonight, as part of the WORDPLAY series, we present a truly unique collaboration.

Author Carolyn Burke will be reading from her mesmerising, definitive new biography of Piaf, No Regrets, and there will also be exquisite Gallic chanson from the award-winning internationally acclaimed singer, Barb Jungr.

As this is the official UK launch of No Regrets, signed copies of the book will also be available.

‘Barb Jungr’s voice has established her as a superlative interpreter of the great song-books’ (Independent)

‘**** An eloquent embrace of the famed French singer-songwriter, Edith Piaf …Tracing her rise to international fame, Burke details her tragedies and her triumphs, her marriages and her music, and her conquest of America from Carnegie Hall to the Ed Sullivan Show’ (Publishers Weekly).