Jill Barber - Chansons (10th Anniversary Reissue)

Timeless. A voice, once heard, forever recognized. Like Edith Piaf, or Patsy Cline. Not that Jill Barber sounds like them, but she has the kind of voice they had. Unmistakable. Somehow so connected to the heart, that the song comes clear and true to the listener, unaffected, unsullied by fashion, untouched by commercial necessity. It is a voice that stops time. And the songs. Great songs need an underlying truth, even wisdom. Jill’s songs don’t sound “written”. They sound like standards, like they were always there, waiting for her voice to take full flight.

JIll Barber is a 3-time JUNO Award nominee, a Polaris Music Prize nominee, and winner of the Sirius/XM Jazz Album of the Year. She has headlined the Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto's Massey Hall, the Blue Note in Tokyo, and played clubs and festivals around the world.

Chansons is an album of Jill's interpretations of classic French songs from both France and Québec. She meticulously curated the repertoire herself, selecting material both from her own collection and from recommendations from friends within the Francophone community. “I spent time with the songs. I strolled the streets with Aznavour, I sat in a sidewalk cafe with Piaf, poured a stiff drink with Gainsbourg, and I became absolutely enamoured and inspired by French music in the process.”

Outside Music is proud to reissue Chansons for its 10th Anniversary, on limited edition Blush coloured vinyl