Jill Barber

Jill Barber

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jill Barber


Img_capt = Jill Barber performing at the 2007 Summer Sundae festival in Leicester, England
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = Port Credit, Ontario
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Origin = Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada
Instrument = Guitar, vocals
Genre = Folk rock
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Dependent
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URL = [http://www.jillbarber.com/ www.jillbarber.com]
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Jill Barber (b. circa 1980) [cite news | url=http://news.guelphmercury.com/article/300554 | publisher="Guelph Mercury" | accessdate=2008-04-05 | date=1 March 2008 | title=Sibling revelry / Close friends in life and allies in music, Jill and Matthew Barber join forces on tour | first=Joanne | last=Shuttleworth ] is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Biography

Born in Port Credit, Ontario, she is sister to singer-songwriter Matthew Barber.

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".

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"

*2004: "Oh Heart"
#"Oh Heart"
#"In Perfect Time"
#"Measures & Scales"
#"A7th Minor"
#"Nothing on Me"
#"Somewhere Else"

*2006: "For All Time"
#"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

External links

* [http://www.jillbarber.com/ JillBarber] official website
* [http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/jba/ Jill Barber] at Maple Music
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