Eszter Balint will be returning to Barbes for a short monthly residency, with a special guest each month, and accompanied by David Nagler and Marlon Cherry.
Eszter is a singer-songwriter, violinist and actor She has released four albums and has contributed vocals and/or violin to works by Michael Gira and Swans, John Lurie. Marc Ribot, Dayna Kurtz and Tammy Faye Starlight. Eszter grew up as a child member of the avant-garde theater company Squat Theatre.She has appeared in starring and featured roles in films by Jim Jarmusch, Woody Allen, Steve Buscemi, Louis CK, and alongside David Bowie. She is currently developing a theatrical show. I Hate Memory!, featuring songs co-written with Stew (The Negro Problem, and the Tony Award winning show Passing Strange.)

“Her songs are funny, weird and wise, and she delivers them with great imagination.”- Ann Powers, The New York Times