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Jill Barber (born Gillian Grace Barber; February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk music genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more recent albums. "Jill Barber sings in French for 1st time with Chansons". CBC News, February 13, 2013.
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 Andersen. 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 was 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.Interview, Sorstu.ca (November 2010). "[2]". 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' Book Spawns Covers Comp Featuring Kevin Drew, the Hidden Cameras, Great Lake Swimmers, Bry Webb". Exclaim!, November 14, 2011.
Barber has performed predominantly in English. She has also recorded and performed "Une femme doit faire" and French translations of two of her songs, "All My Dreams" ( "Tous mes rêves") and "Tell Me" ( "Dis-moi"). "Jill Barber embraces French on new album Chansons" . Postmedia News, January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2017. Her 2013 album Chansons, a selection of 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. The album consists of original songs written by Jill and Matthew Barber along with covers of songs by Canadian artists, Gene MacClellan Ian Tyson, and Neil Young. The album won a Juno award for Contemporary Roots Album of the year in 2017.
Her solo album, Metaphora, was released in June 2018. "Metaphora: Vancouver-based songwriter Jill Barber brings modern vibe to new album". CBC News British Columbia, April 23, 2018. She followed up with another French-language album, Entre nous, in 2020, and with Homemaker in 2023.Alex Hudson, "Jill Barber Reflects on Marriage and Motherhood on 'Homemaker' LP". Exclaim!, September 28, 2022.
In 2025 Jill and Matthew Barber contributed a cover of Joel Plaskett's "Light of the Moon" to the Plaskett tribute album Songs from the Gang.Allie Gregory, "Sloan, the Sheepdogs, City and Colour, Bahamas Wish Joel Plaskett Happy Birthday with 'Songs from the Gang' Covers Album". Exclaim!, April 11, 2025.
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