Matthew Barber

Matthew Barber
Born	January 10, 1977 (1977-01-10) (age 34) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Indie pop Pop rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Labels	Outside Music Warner Music Canada
Website	matthewbarber.com

Matthew Barber (born January 10, 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music has been classified as indie pop and pop rock with folk and alternative country influences.

Barber was born and grew up in Port Credit, which is part of Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, attending Lorne Park Secondary School before moving to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University, where he volunteered at campus radio station CFRC-FM and performed at campus pubs.^[1] While at Queen's, he released his debut album A Thousand Smiles An Hour... independently in 1999.

After graduating from Queen's, he went to McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario for his master's degree in philosophy, and here he began to take his performing more seriously. Gaining support from the small but committed Hamilton music community, he released his breakthrough album Means and Ends independently in 2002.

The album soon caught the attention of Paper Bag Records, who re-released it to a wider audience in 2003. After two years in Hamilton, Barber moved to Toronto.

Barber has been a featured guest on >play, Go and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. He has toured extensively with artists including Buck 65, BOY, Joel Plaskett, Emm Gryner and Matt Mays and El Torpedo.

Barber's sister, Jill Barber, is also a noted Canadian musician.

Discography

Signed to Warner Music Canada, he released the E.P. title The Story Of Your Life in 2004 and the full-length album Sweet Nothing on September 27, 2005.

Sweet Nothing's debut single and music video, "Soft One," became a major hit in Canada, reaching number 1 among most-added tracks and the top 20 tracks overall at hot adult contemporary radio in Canada, and receiving regular play on music video channels including MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and MusiMax.

On March 4, 2008, Barber released his fourth album on Outside Music, Ghost Notes. Numerous guest musicians are featured on the 10-track album, including Sarah Harmer and Barber's sister Jill. His fifth album, True Believer was released on February 23, 2010. The self-titled album Matthew Barber was released June 7, 2011 on Outside Music.

• Means & Ends (2003)
• The Story of Your Life (2004) (EP) (Released as "Matthew Barber & The Union Dues")
• Sweet Nothing (2005)
• Ghost Notes (2008)
• True Believer (2010)
• Matthew Barber (2011)

References

1. ^ Matthew Barber: Rawly Melancholic Songwriter Experiences a Major Growth Spurt, NOW cover story by Sarah Liss, July 17, 2003

External links

• matthewbarber.com, official site
• Matthew Barber on Myspace

Persondata
Name	Barber, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	musician
Date of birth	January 10, 1977
Place of birth	Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
Place of death