46. When We Wake with Jill Barber

About this episode

Jill Barber discusses her new holiday album and the memories and experiences that shaped it.

Jill Barber is back with a brand-new holiday album, A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas . An album that includes a handful of the classics you’d expect, some lesser known treasures and a couple of originals, all of it shaped alongside her Grammy-nominated producer and pal Drew Jurecka . Jill’s been living in a Christmas mindset, replete with its bittersweet mix of nostalgia and hope, since February. So it’s high time she hit the road to bring her special brand of holiday cheer to folks from Toronto, east. West of Toronto, sorry to say, you’ll be waiting til next year. In our chat we talk all about the album, the tour, her memories of Christmases past, her evolution as a songwriter and, of course, I can hardly chat with Jill Barber without talking about her brother, Matthew Barber , so, Jill tells about why she believes in a thing called blood harmony. @jillbarber Wanna get in touch? Send an email to ⁠whenwewakeradio@gmail.com⁠ Or find me on Instagram @whenwewakeradio & @theandrewshaver When We Wake with Andrew Shaver is written, hosted, edited, and produced by ⁠Andrew Shaver⁠ . The weekly radio broadcast is syndicated across Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Shaver

Guest: Jill Barber

Topics covered

• holiday music
• songwriting
• Christmas nostalgia
• album release
• touring

Keywords

• Jill Barber
• holiday album
• Christmas
• songwriter
• tour
• nostalgia
• blood harmony

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas

Places: Toronto, Newfoundland, British Columbia

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