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Halifax Festival Shows Winter Isn't Dead

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 1:38 pm
Festival organizer and performer Amelia Curran described In The Dead Of Winter best: "It's like Christmas, only better." More than 50 musical acts performed at five venues around Halifax from Jan. 27 to 31, and Curran and fellow festival organizers Heather Gibson, Tanya Davis and Don Brownrigg outdid themselves. This year's Dead fest...
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Jill Barber — Chances

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) October 23, 2008 9:49 am
I thought Patsy Cline was dead. Not entirely, since Barber has tried to revive her on Chances. While Barber's sophomore album still highlights her signature sultry voice, she's traded in her singer/songwriter roots for a completely different sound mimicking the likes of Cline and Edith Piaf. The follow-up to her Juno Award-nominated For...
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Jill Barber — For All Time

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) October 10, 2006 12:14 pm
Jill Barber has one of those warm, honeyed voices that evokes the vocals of Sarah Harmer and Sarah Slean, only less angular than the former and less fey than the latter. For All Time features a careful selection of songs that showcase Barber's varied styles. There's the gentle blues of "Just For Now," the coy, jazzy playfulness of "...
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Jill Barber — Oh Heart

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) March 16, 2004 9:38 am
Jill Barber’s voice has incredible clarity, yet is infused with warmth that you want to wrap around yourself. This is Barber’s second EP and it’s steeped in old jazz rhythms mixed with a touch of bluegrass twang and gentle folk melody. There are echoes of Martha Wainwright here, though Barber really does invoke Sarah Slean’s cabaret warble on...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 7, 2011 5:58 pm
Toronto singer/songwriter and former Local Rabbits member Peter Elkas will release a new album entitled Repeat Offender on Feb. 22 through Joel Plaskett's New Scotland Records. He'll be on the road promoting it in March. —peterelkas.com Mike Skinner has officially retired The Streets. We're sad, so we're going to go listen to every Streets album...
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Jill Barber — "All My Dreams"

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By CHARTattack Staff April 21, 2010 3:22 pm
Stuck in the '50s, Jill Barber heads to a black-and-white cinema in the video for "All My Dreams," where she watches the same film over and over until its star - who she's already fallen in love with, falls in love with her. "All My Dreams" appears on Chances, which is out now. Check out Barber's video for "Oh My My...
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Canadian Albums Going To Space

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) June 10, 2009 4:14 pm
Who says there's no sound in space? Montreal astronaut Julie Payette has made a list of Canadian albums she'll be bringing with her when she boards the Space Shuttle Endeavour on June 13. The records Payette has chosen to take on her 16-day trip to the International Space Station include releases from Theory Of A Deadman, Great Big Sea, Jann...
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Jill Barber — "Oh My My"

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By CHARTattack Staff June 4, 2009 10:32 am
Jill Barber has a broken heart in the clip for the jazzy "Oh My My," which can be found on last year's Chances. She needs a doctor, but he says he can't help her put herself back together. All she can think of is memories of the one who broke her heart... and she spends a lot of time on the phone at her motel (in flapper style wear)...
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Jill Barber's New Adventure

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 10, 2009 4:15 pm
Jill Barber could have lived in another era. Her latest release, Chances, is chockfull of old world romanticism and sweeping orchestral arrangements provided by a 10-piece string section. "We had a number of reference points going into record this album," says Barber, calling from her newly found Vancouver home. "Certainly Etta...
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Jill Barber Hits The Road

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 21, 2009 2:28 pm
Jill Barber will play several Ontario dates and a lone show in Quebec next month. Barber is touring in support of last year's Chances, which recently garnered her East Coast Music Awards nominations for entertainer, recording, female recording and jazz recording of the year. Jill Barber will play these dates: Feb. 12 Belleville, ON @ Empire...
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Pumping: Jill Barber - Chances

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) September 30, 2008 11:39 am
Wow, Jill Barber took a ride in the way-back machine to 1953 or so with this one. That's no joke. This record sounds like something recorded before rock 'n' roll existed. Unfortunately, in a world where Amy Winehouse's post-millennial angst (and crack-fucked-upness) adds an edge to her retro revival soul, the lack of a similar tension with Barber'...
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Jill Barber Takes Chances

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 11, 2008 1:54 pm
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...
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Matthew And Jill Barber's Sibling Revelry Hits The Road

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 20, 2008 5:30 pm
The Barber shop duet is taking it out on the road again. Between Matthew and Jill Barber, it's hard not to wish you could become part of the Barber family tree. While big brother Matthew releases his third studio album, Ghost Notes, on March 4, all eyes are on his little sister with her two Juno Award nominations for best new artist and solo...
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Jill Barber: Forever Young

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) June 25, 2007 4:00 pm
If you call Halifax adoptee Jill Barber's most recent For All Time album a little "shakey," she'll likely consider it far from an insult. "I saw his [Neil 'Shakey' Young] film Heart Of Gold the night before I went in to record," says Barber, who just arrived home from a chaotic week in Toronto. "My dad took me as sort...
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Jill Barber Touring For All Time, Or At Least Some Of May

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By CHARTattack Staff May 1, 2007 4:00 pm
Halifax singer/songwriter Jill Barber will cross Canada this month in support of her For All Time album, which earned her two East Coast Music Awards in February. The video for the 11-track LP's first single, "Don't Go Easy," features Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy. It can be seen on MuchMoreMusic. To see Barber in person, try these venues...
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ECMA Events Coming Together For February

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) November 8, 2006 6:30 pm
Jill Barber and David Myles roused a groggy gathering of industry folk on Tuesday morning with a performance to kick-off Halifax's official announcement of 2007 East Coast Music Awards activities." I owe a lot to the East Coast Music Awards," said the doe-eyed Barber, fresh off the plane from her first European tour, which was made...
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Jill Barber Spreads Her Talent To Film, But Still Focuses On Music

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) September 27, 2006 4:00 pm
Apparently Brian Borcherdt isn't the only person dumbstruck by Jill Barber. The Halifax-based songbird made her on-screen debut at this year's Atlantic Film Festival in director Tara Thorne's short film about adoration, I Said The Loud Part Quiet And The Quiet Part Loud. "It's a very whimsical short film," says Barber, over coffee at...
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Jill Barber Releases New Album For All Time

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By CHARTattack Staff September 19, 2006 5:30 pm
Jill Barber will try to stride further out of the shadow of her brother Matthew with the October 3 release of her For All Time album via Dependent/Baudelaire. The singer/songwriter follows 2004's CBC-produced Oh Heart EP with an album influenced by jazz standards, folk ballads and traditional country tunes. The disc's 11 songs showcase Barber's...
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