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.
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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
#"In Perfect Time"
#"Broken in Two"
#"Old Blue Carpet"
#"Nothing on Me"
#"Two Brown Eyes"
#"February"
#"The Best View"
#"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
#"Oh Heart"
#"In Perfect Time"
#"Measures & Scales"
#"A7th Minor"
#"Nothing on Me"
#"Somewhere Else"
#"Just for Now"
#"Don't Go Easy"
#"When I’m Makin’ Love to You"
#"Ashes to Ashes"
#"Hard Line"
#"For All Time"
#"Legacy"
#"Two Brown Eyes"
#"Goodnight Sweetheart"
#"The Knot"
#"Starting to Show"
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
References
- Sibling revelry / Close friends in life and allies in music, Jill and Matthew Barber join forces on tour