Jill Barber

Jill Barber
Jill Barber performing at the 2007 Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, England
Background information
Born	Port Credit, Ontario
Origin	Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genre(s)	Folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	2002–present
Label(s)	Dependent
Website	www.jillbarber.com

Jill Barber (b. c. 1980)^[1] is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter long based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Biography

Born in Port Credit, Ontario, she is sister to singer-songwriter Matthew Barber. She attended Queen's University before moving on with her musical career.

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 is engaged to CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence.

Discography

• 2002: A Note to Follow So

1. "In Perfect Time"
2. "Broken in Two"
3. "Old Blue Carpet"
4. "Nothing on Me"
5. "Two Brown Eyes"
6. "February"
7. "The Best View"
8. "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

• 2004: Oh Heart

1. "Oh Heart"
2. "In Perfect Time"
3. "Measures & Scales"
4. "A7th Minor"
5. "Nothing on Me"
6. "Somewhere Else"

• 2006: For All Time

1. "Just for Now"
2. "Don't Go Easy"
3. "When I’m Makin’ Love to You"
4. "Ashes to Ashes"
5. "Hard Line"
6. "For All Time"
7. "Legacy"
8. "Two Brown Eyes"
9. "Goodnight Sweetheart"
10. "The Knot"
11. "Starting to Show"

• 2008: Chances

Awards and nominations

Jill Barber performing at the 2007 Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, England

• 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

References

1. ^ 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 on 2008-04-05. 

External links

• JillBarber official website
• Jill Barber at Maple Music
• Jill Barber at MySpace