"It takes an actor's creativity and perspective to interpret the soul and intent of a song. It takes a skilled singer to present it with style. Impressionistic, thoughtful and dramatic, Barbara Fasano is a one-woman marquee in lights. She proves it again in her latest show, ROUNDABOUT, at the Metropolitan Room. With Fasano's soignee looks, a sleek scarlet gown, and her splendid scale of emotion, the listener is in her grasp ... a program of imagination, style, musicianship and drama; qualities that define Barbara Fasano in possibly her best show yet."
-- Elizabeth Ahlfors, CABARET SCENES

"Here's big-room talent ... She has only to walk onstage to knock your eyes out.
The singing knocks your ears off.
There's a melancholy beauty to her looks and singing that makes this centenary tribute to the melancholy beauty of Harold Arlen's melodies highly appropriate.
A soigne delight.
... sexy, silky show. It's class all the way"
-- David Finkle, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"If you want to understand what cabaret can be at its best ...
Catch Barbara Fasano's almost hypnotic, superb performance.
A voice to fall in love with ... a breath-taking ability to proclaim the essence of each number.
i had a love once : arlen songs is magic ..."
-- Peter Leavy, CABARET SCENES

"Sizzling-hot vocals ... impeccable interpretation and lyrical phrasing ... balancing Sting and The Boss with the likes of Porter, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, Jule Styne, Rodgers and Hart, Frank Loesser, the Gershwins, and Duke Ellington, Fasano is something of a vocal premonition: if this is what the Great American Songbook is going to be like in the 21st Century, let the future begin now!"
-- Bill VanSant, WORRALL NEWSPAPERS

"One of the coolest singers in town ... You'll kick yourself if you miss 'Fields of Gold,' this chic singer's bravura revue that mixes standards from Duke Ellington and Cole Porter with modern tunes by Sting and Springsteen."
-- H. Scott Jolley, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Having developed keen insight into what makes a song worthwhile,  Ms. Fasano delivers a killer combo of vocal and acting talent."
-- Elizabeth Ahlfors, CABARET SCENES

"You'd be hard pressed to find a more compelling performer than Barbara Fasano. With great physical beauty and a beautiful voice that can caress a lyric and find the emotional center of each song ..."
-- Richard Edgcomb, CURTAIN UP

"Heavenly … Captivating … In the world of cabaret, Barbara Fasano provides a model of what's addicting about the genre."
-- Peter Leavy, CABARET SCENES

"Perhaps the only singer who can successfully pair rocking Springsteen anthems with Gershwin standards … coolly elegant …"
-- H. Scott Jolley, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"What makes a cabaret room work, first and foremost, is a first-rate entertainer. For that reason, the recently reconfigured FireBird Café has never looked better than it did on two recent Friday nights when Barbara Fasano took stage. Nor has Fasano ever looked better … What went on was symbiosis at its most elegant."
-- David Finkle, BACK STAGE

"When Fasano connects with a song, she's spellbinding ... a beauty to hear and behold ... a lovely voice that sometimes even sounds like Streisand ..."
-- Wayman Wong, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"Classy as she can be … If she just stood there and turned around in her sultry fashion, she'd command attention. But she sings, too, and, always backed by the skilled Rick Jensen, sounds wonderful at it."
-- David Finkle, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"The exquisite voice of Barbara Fasano … reaching deep into the very soul of humanity …a rare and wonderful performance."
-- Bea Smith, THE ESSEX JOURNAL

"A journey through the mystery of the romantic unknown … this increasingly impressive chanteuse … can cut right through to your heart."
-- Barbara & Scott Siegel, CABARET.ORG

"Ms. Fasano is a singer of restrained but deeply felt emotion. Her show is a class act all the way."
-- Eric Myers, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"In her stunning new album, "The Girls of Summer" (Human Child Records), singer Barbara Fasano brilliantly captures the magic of her recent cabaret show of the same name. This is one of the best cabaret albums to come my way in a long time..."
-- John Hoglund, BACK STAGE

"She's got almond eyes, and the presence also has something almond about it -- delicate, slightly sweet, somewhat bitter. Someone this good-looking doesn't usually need to bare her soul through repertoire quite so much to get attention, but bare she does."
-- David Finkle, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"Barbara Fasano is a truly gifted woman. Her singing comes from the heart, and her soothing sounds are fresh and new, with a hint, or shall I say, a downpouring of reminiscent sounds from the big band and crooner era."
-- Lou Ricco, Lilith's Child Website Magazine

"Cabaret for the new millenium."
-- George Evans, CKUT, Canada

"Exquisite ... and she looks as good as she sings."
-- BACKTRAX, LA

"Any way you look at it, Barbara Fasano is the real deal. A genuine vocal talent who puts the romance back into romantic pop. It is a joyful, truly rewarding experience to come across a singer of such taste, grace and talent."
-- Bob Coyne, Lackner Media

"Barbara Fasano's "The Girls of Summer" is one of the finest cabaret shows I've seen in years, and her recording does it full justice -- a combination of beautiful singing, splendid arrangements, and richly textured interpretations. This is gorgeous work."
-- Roy Sander, BACK STAGE

"Barbara Fasano's new CD, "The Girls of Summer" reveals a perfect setting for her. Her voice is strong and clear yet she projects a wistful story telling quality to each song, as she weaves lyric into solid gold cloth, leaving us wanting more."
-- Gil Ellis, WLIM-NY

"Original, highly polished ... exudes class"
-- Tam Henderson, Reference Recordings

"Absolutely lovely in both voice and looks ..."
-- John Michael Koroly, WVOX, NY

"She has a wonderful, clean voice and her band is great ... she reminds me of the late great vocalist Irene Kral ..."
-- Randy McElligott, CHU, Canada

"Truly lovely."
-- Richard Maltby, Jr.

"Fasano, a singer who blends the romantic timelessness of cabaret with the immediacy of contemporary pop, is a talent to watch."
-- Marisa Cohen, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Everything we've heard and read about Barbara Fasano, and it's all complimentary, is true. She's just as engaging and entertaining live as she is recorded ... wonderfully original."
-- Joe Morris, DRAMA-LOGUE

"Singer Barbara Fasano is lovely in every way: of face, of grace, of voice. Her new show delivers an hour of unfailing artistry … one of the best shows of this or any season"
-- Roy Sander, New York City CITYSEARCH

"I recommend that you rush to see her so you can say 'I saw her when ...' "
-- David Kenney, WBAI-FM

"Fasano's ability to target the tapestry of human emotions with an uncanny accuracy marks her as a major player on Gotham's nitery scene. Her lovely, full-throated soprano-range voice acts as the perfect instrument for translating her material into personal musical messages ..."
-- Martin Schaeffer, BACK STAGE

"Ms. Fasano pulls out all the stops and displays a musical range -- both vocally and emotionally -- that should carry the talented singer to the top ... she is a stunning woman to watch; elegant and chic, yet simple ... she lets nothing get in the way to detract from what she does and what she does, she does beautifully ..."
-- Marle Becker, WBAI-FM

"Fasano may give one of the best readings ever of Alec Wilder's Blackberry Winter. She has a rich voice with a dark underlay which beautifully captures the bittersweet meaning of this lovely song."
-- Martin Schaeffer, BACK STAGE

"Not content with just the ballad or the belt, this gal sings a full range of musical styles, including several clever, humorous numbers that reveal a comic side to her character ... one of the most beautiful women in cabaret, and one of the most personable ..."
-- Stu Hamstra, Cabaret Hotline

"Barbara Fasano is one of those rare birds that fly through the air on the way to stardom, and it falls to us to momentarily stop her flight and to listen to her song."
-- Gil Ellis, WLIM-NY

"I was taken with her loveliness and with her elegance, poise, grace, and charm ... a show that went from strength to strength, with every song given a focused, emotionally centered performance."
-- Roy Sander, BACK STAGE

"My world was full of sunshine as I listened to your marvelous CD."
-- Loonis McGlohon

"Her physical beauty offsets a rangy, folksy soprano voice with a presence that loudly and clearly states that she's arrived. To see Barbara Fasano do her thing at Eighty Eight's is an experience which will haunt anyone who sees it - this is a talent headed for major, bigger and better things, and you can make book on that!"
-- Andrew Martin, CaB Magazine

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