Jill Barber is a Canadian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 formerly based in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, now based in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

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Biography

Born and raised in Toronto

Toronto

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, she is sister to singer-songwriter Matthew Barber

Matthew Barber

Matthew Barber is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music has been classified as indie pop and pop rock with folk and alternative country influences....

. She attended Queen's University

Queen's University

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 before pursuing her musical career on a full-time basis.

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

The Coast

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’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

Dan Hill

Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major hits with his songs, "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try," a duet with Vonda Shepard.-Early life and career:...

 as part of Stuart McLean

Stuart McLean

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's CBC Radio

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 show The Vinyl Cafe

The Vinyl Cafe

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. She returned to the Vinyl Cafe Tour in 2009 performing across Canada with Matt Anderson.

In 2008 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

Ron Sexsmith

Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...

. This album led to a new level in touring reaching audiences across the globe while earning two Juno Award

Juno Award

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 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

Outside Music

Outside Music is a Canadian record label and distributor, founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 1995. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which counts Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, One Hundred Dollars and Sunparlour Players as management clients.Outside has released countless...

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She is married to CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

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 personality Grant Lawrence

Grant Lawrence

Grant Lawrence is a veteran Canadian radio personality and writer based in Vancouver. He is a host on CBC Radio 3, a Sirius Satellite Radio channel which emphasizes new independent Canadian music, and is also the vocalist for the indie rock group The Smugglers.In addition to his regular shifts on...

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Her 2011 album debuted at #31 on the Canadian Albums Chart

Canadian Albums Chart

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Discography

• 2002: A Note to Follow So
• 2004: Oh Heart
• 2006: For All Time
• 2008: Chances
• 2011: Mischievous Moon

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
  Juno Awards of 2008
  The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007....
  
  
  • nominated New Artist of the Year

External links

• JillBarber official website
• Jill Barber at Maple Music