CBC Radio 3 Artist - Jill Barber

Vancouver, BC

Genres: Pop Singer Songwriter, Alt Pop

Label: Outside Music

For those who believe they don’t write songs like they used to, there is new hope for old romantics. On her new album Chances, Port Credit, ON born chanteuse Jill Barber picks up the torch where the golden age of music left off.

Taking a giant step forward from the typical confines of the singer-songwriter, Jill delivers an album of ten original, fully orchestrated songs that strongly evoke – and could themselves become - classics. From the moment you hear her sultry voice on the opening title track, you are transported to another time and place.

“The best songs ever written are the ones that somehow transcend time and fashion," says Jill. "They may be old, but they haven’t aged. It is that timeless quality that I aspire to in my own songwriting.”

A seasoned performer with a growing fan base across North America and the UK, Jill gained acclaim as a 2008 double-Juno nominee and multiple East Coast Music Award winner for previous releases For All Time (2006) and Oh Heart (2004).

Chances is available nationally on October 14th, 2008.