Jill Barber
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 Jill Barber performing at the 2007 Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, England |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Port Credit, Ontario |
| Origin | Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Outside Music |
| Website | www.jillbarber.com |
Jill Barber (b. c. 1980)[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter formerly based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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[edit] Biography
Born and raised in Toronto, she is sister to singer-songwriter Matthew Barber . She attended Queen's University before pursuing her musical career on a full-time basis.
jill barber won the Female Artist Recording of the Year award for her debut album Oh Heart at the 2005 Music Nova Scotia Awards. In 2007 Barber earned her fourth win as Best Local Solo Artist (Female) in The Coast’s annual "Best of Music Reader’s Poll", and her first win as Best Canadian Solo Artist (Female).
From February to March 2007 she toured eastern Canada with Dan Hill as part of Stuart McLean's CBC Radio show The Vinyl Cafe. She returned to the Vinyl Cafe Tour in 2009 performing across Canada with Matt Anderson.
In 2008 jill Barber released Chances, an album with full orchestral arrangements which was partially co-written with her producer Les Cooper, while also collaborating on several songs with Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith. This album led to a new level in touring reaching audiences across the globe while earning two Juno Award nominations including New Artist of the Year.
She will be recording her brand new album in August and September 2010 with Les Cooper returning once again to join her in co-writing and producing the album. The album, titled Mischievous Moon, will be released through Outside Music.[2]
She is married to CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence.[3]
Her 2011 album debuted at #31 on the Canadian Albums Chart.
[edit] Discography
- 2002: A Note to Follow So
- 2004: Oh Heart
- 2006: For All Time
- 2008: Chances
- 2011: Mischievous Moon
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2005 East Coast Music Awards
- nominated Female Artist of the Year
- nominated Folk Recording of the Year for the album Oh Heart
- 2007 East Coast Music Awards
- won Best Album of the Year for the album For All Time
- won Female Artist of the Year
- nominated Folk Recording of the Year
- nominated Songwriter of the Year for the song "Don't Go Easy"
- 2008 Juno Awards
- nominated New Artist of the Year
[edit] References
- ^ Shuttleworth, Joanne (1 March 2008). "Sibling revelry / Close friends in life and allies in music, Jill and Matthew Barber join forces on tour". Guelph Mercury. http://news.guelphmercury.com/article/300554. Retrieved 2008-04-05.[dead link]
- ^ Interview, Sorstu.ca (November 2010). "[1]".
- ^ Surgeoner, Brae (November 2008). "Jill Barber: This is no faded love", BeatRoute. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
