Hear the surprising way Barbra Streisand discovered the ‘Streisand Method’ and more from her Town Hall
The Barbra Streisand Channel relaunches on SiriusXM Ch. 18 today at 5 pm ET, featuring songs personally selected by Streisand from her five-decade career and a candid Town Hall hosted by Patrick Wilson.
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What’s Barbra Streisand’s vocal technique? Just singing her heart out.
The stage and screen icon celebrated the re-launch of SiriusXM’s The Barbra Streisand Channel with a special Town Hall hosted by her Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway collaborator, Patrick Wilson, and she sounded off on everything from her career to politics.
“See, I don’t understand anything intellectual about the voice. Meaning, somebody asked me many years ago, I think I was 18, ‘How do you hold the note so long?’ I said, ‘Because I want to,'” she said as the crowd laughed. “And then some guy came up to me at some party, says, ‘You know, I teach the Streisand Method.’ I swear. I said, ‘What is that, because I’d love you to teach me what the Streisand Method is.'”
Listen to the clips below for more highlights. The Town Hall premieres 9/7 at 5 pm ET on The Barbra Streisand (Ch. 18).
The limited-run Barbra Streisand Channel kicked off 9/6 and runs through 10/4 via satellite on Ch. 18 and through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
For more information on Streisand, please visit www.barbrastreisand.com.
![SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' With Barbra Streisand: 'Town Hall' To Air On Streisand's SiriusXM Channel 'The Barbra Streisand Channel' NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 26: Gianna Harris, Brandon Niederauer, Barbra Streisand, Diego Lucano, Raghav Mehrota, and Alex Brightman attend the SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' with Barbra Streisand: 'Town Hall' to air on Streisand's SiriusXM Channel 'The Barbra Streisand Channel' at Winter Garden Theatre on August 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM)](https://i0.wp.com/blog-admin.siriusxm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/596012092.jpg?w=646&h=430&ssl=1)
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