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Matthew Barber

About Me

Matthew Barber is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter, recording-artist, drummer, producer and goalie. He has released 4 records on labels such as Paper Bag Records, Warner Music Canada, Rounder Europe and now Outside Music in Canada and the U.S. His most recent release "Ghost Notes" was a critical hit in Canada and nominated for a 2009 Juno award. It has just been released in the U.S. on Outside through Red Eye distribution. It is also available through Code One in Australia and worldwide through the internet.

Please visit www.matthewbarber.com for news, photos, videos, tour dates and more.

Contact: [email protected]

I'm Gonna Settle My Accounts With You (live)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/06/2005
Band Website: www.matthewbarber.com
Band Members: The band on the new record is: Kieran Adams (drums, precusssion); Paul Mathew (bass); Dean Drouillard (guitar); Jesse O'Brien (piano, organ); Matthew Barber (vocals, guitar, piano); plus special guests...
Influences: The Beatles, The Band, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Jill Barber, Joel Plaskett, Peter Elkas, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Wilco, Pavement, Brendan Benson, Jeff Buckley, The Rolling Stones, George Jones, Doug Paisley, Chuck Erlichman, Matt Mays, Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Waits, Al Tuck, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, T.Rex, David Bowie, CCR, Hank Williams
Sounds Like: To order your copy of Ghost Notes:

And of course Ghost Notes is available from the itunes store from anywhere in the world.

Also in record stores such as HMV, Chapters/Indigo in Canada as well as many fine independent record stores

As of September 23, Ghost Notes is available in record stores in Australia through the label Code One

The new video for 'And You Give' from the album Ghost Notes.

Record Label: Outside Music, Code One (Australia)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Songs

Hi everyone,It's been a while since I did anything to my myspace page, and I started feeling guilty about that, so I switched the photo and put up some new songs I've been working on at home.  There a...
Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 09:28:00 GMT

matthewbarber.com is up!

Hi everyone,I wanted to let you know that my new and improved personal website matthewbarber.com is now up online.  You can get all the news you need, tour date info, photos, blog, music, videos, anno...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:56:00 GMT

Ghost Notes Juno Nomination/US release, etc.

I'm very pleased to announce that my most recent record Ghost Notes has been nominated for a Juno award in the roots/traditional category.  The Juno awards are in Vancouver this year on March 29th - s...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:21:00 GMT

News, news, news!

1) Well, The Late Harvest Tour has come to an end, and I would like to thank The Spades for playing my tunes so well and for being all around great dudes.  This is a big, snowy country.  We ...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:40:00 GMT

Late Harvest Tour, Australia, MECCA awards

Hi folks,Fall is a time for chilly nights, gourds and cross-Canada rock'n'roll tours.  This fall I'm hitting the road with my friends The Spades on a coast-to-coast adventure called The Late Harv...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:10:00 GMT

XM radio "The Verge" Awards

Hi folks, myself and my latest album Ghost Notes have been nominated for "The Verge" (a satellite radio station) "Artist" and "Album of the year" respectfully. It would be a very nice prize to win an...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:08:00 GMT

Haunted Hillbilly and other things...

Hello again,just dropping in with a little update of what I've been up to...The Sibling Revelry Tour with my sister Jill was a roaring success, and I would like to thank everyone from Tofino, BC to Po...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 11:16:00 GMT

New album Ghost Notes is out now and I’m on tour with my sister

Ghost Notes is finally in stores and I would like to thank everyone who helped me to make it happen. To celebrate, I've hit the road with my sister Jill, who is nominated for 2 Juno awards. We're ca...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:14:00 GMT

Ghost Notes

Hello,Today I finished my new record which is called Ghost Notes. It will be coming out March 4th on the Outside Music label in Canada. That seems like a long way off, but I'm sure it will be March ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:15:00 GMT

Europe, new demos, etc...

Hello fine people that take the time to read this,I just wanted to update you on what I've been up to, so as to dispel rumours that I packed in my guitar and joined a monastery. MatthewBarber.com has...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:26:00 GMT