Jill Barber (born February 6, 1980)[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more recent albums.[2]
Barber was born and raised in Port Credit, a lake-side neighborhood 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.[3]
Barber won the Female Artist Recording of the Year award for her debut album Oh Heart at the 2005 Music Nova Scotia Awards.[4] 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).[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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