These time-honored songs, lovingly curated, arranged, and performed by pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber and her band, are at last seeing the light of day when the world needs them more than ever.

At exactly two minutes before show time, Patricia Barber whisks into the Green Mill Jazz Club, says a quick hello to the guys on the bandstand, stretches the joints in her hands, places her iPad ...

With the summer in full swing, music lovers might consider cooling things down with jazz singer Patricia Barber’s mellow cover version of Stevie Wonder’s “All in Love Is Fair.” As a standout track ...

Poetry and music are two peas in a pod. For the past two millennia the Roman poet Ovid has inspired artists of all kinds, from poets and playwrights to filmmakers and musicians. Most recently, his ...

One way you know that a set by jazz singer and pianist Patricia Barber is about to begin is when a stagehand comes out and sets a glass filled with who-knows-what next to her bench. Is it bourbon? Is ...

Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at letters@northwestern.edu. Ever wonder about those strange designations we use throughout Northwestern to identify alumni of the ...

We already knew she could sing, play the piano and write hyperliterate, musically sophisticated songs. But can Chicagoan Patricia Barber host a radio show? More specifically, can she preside over a ...

Listeners who’ve witnessed Patricia Barber’s evolution from a superb jazz pianist to an arresting vocalist–and more recently into a full-fledged writer of musical commentary–won’t blanch at her latest ...

Another Valentine’s Day, another program of love songs. But this is Patricia Barber, she of the icy-hot vocals and frosted stage presence, a woman whose musicianship is rivaled only by her ...

After several years wandering the major label wilderness (mostly by choice), the one-of-a-kind Chicago singer and pianist Patricia Barber recently released Smash, her debut record on the Concord Jazz ...

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