Genres Folk rock, vocal jazz Labels Outside Music Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Name Jill Barber | Instruments Guitar, vocals Role Singer-songwriter Years active 2002–present | |
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Origin Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada Albums Chances, Chansons, For All Time, Mischievous Moon, Fool's Gold, Oh Heart Profiles | ||
Jill Barber - A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Jill Barber (born February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz on her more recent albums.
Contents
- Jill Barber A Kiss To Build A Dream On
- Celebritease canadian singer songwriter jill barber
- Early life
- Career
- Author
- Charity
- Personal life
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- References
Celebritease canadian singer songwriter jill barber
Early life
Barber was born and raised in Port Credit, a lake-side neighbourhood in Mississauga, just west of Toronto. Her brother is singer-songwriter Matthew Barber. She studied at Queen's University before pursuing her musical career on a full-time basis.
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 returned to the Vinyl Cafe Tour in 2009 performing across Canada with Matt Anderson. In 2008, Barber released Chances, a jazz 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. The title track to this album is featured on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, at the end of season 1, episode 1.
She followed up with the album Mischievous Moon, released through Outside Music in 2011. In the same year, Jill and Matthew Barber collaborated on a cover of The Hardship Post's "Your Sunshine", which appeared on the charity compilation album Have Not Been the Same - Vol. 1: Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die.
Barber has performed predominantly in English, although she has also recorded and performed French translations of two of her songs, "All My Dreams" ("Tous mes rêves") and "Tell Me" ("Dis-moi"). Her 2013 album Chansons, a selection of cover versions of classic songs from Quebec and France, was her first album of material recorded and performed entirely in French.
Barber won the SiriusXM 2012 Jazz Artist of the Year award, as well as the 2013 Western Canadian Francophone Album of the Year for Chansons. In 2016, Barber co-produced an album The Family Album, with her brother Matthew Barber, also a singer-songwriter.
Author
Barber has written two children's books, Baby’s Lullaby and Music is for Everyone.
Charity
Barber is mentor to young women as part of the Girls Action Foundation’s Light A Spark initiative, and an ambassador for Save the Children.
Personal life
Barber is married to CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence. They have two children.