Jill Barber Takes Chances

Halifax songstress Jill Barber's third album, Chances, will be released through Outside Music on Oct. 14.

Barber wrote the album with singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith and producer/arranger/guitarist Les Cooper (Andy Stochansky). Chances was primarily recorded at Blue Rodeo's Woodshed Studios in Toronto, while separate string and horn arrangements were recorded at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto's CBC headquarters. Sexsmith, The Good Lovelies and The Sojourners contributed vocals to the album.

"This was the first time that I had opened myself up to the idea of a musical collaboration," Barber says. "It was an amazing experience and forced me to stretch my own songwriting muscles."

Barber was born in the Port Credit neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ont. and moved to Nova Scotia as a child. She won two East Coast Music Awards for 2006's For All Time and is also a two-time Juno Award nominee.

You can see Barber here:

Oct. 4 Vancouver, BC @ The Chan Centre For The Performing Arts w/Ron Sexsmith
Oct. 24 Sackville, NB @ Sackville United Church w/Meaghan Smith, Bruce Guthro and Catherine MacLellan
Oct. 26 Fredericton, NB @ Fredericton Playhouse
Oct. 29 Summerside, PEI @ Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre
Oct. 30 Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohn Auditorium (Dalhousie University)
Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Antigonish, NS @ Bauer Theatre (St. Francis Xavier University)
Nov. 2 Chester, NS @ Chester Playhouse
Nov. 4 Margaretsville, NS @ Evergreen Theatre
Nov. 5 Liverpool, NS @ The Astor Theatre
Nov. 6 Shelburne, NS @ Osprey Arts Centre
Nov. 7 Wolfville, NS @ Festival Theatre
Nov. 8 Port Hawkesbury, NS @ Strait Area Education And Recreation Centre
Nov. 9 Glace Bay, NS @ Savoy Theatre
Nov. 14 Calgary, AB @ Knox United Church
Nov. 15 St. Albert, AB @ The Arden Theatre
Nov. 18 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
Nov. 19 Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre & Movie Cafe

Here's what's on Chances:

"Chances"
"Be My Man"
"Old Flame"
"Oh My My"
"Take It Off Your Mind"
"Wishing Well"
"Never Quit Loving You"
"All My Dreams"
"Leaving You"
"One More Time"