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Jill Barber Goes Pop, Minus Some Sweetness

The Canadian singer known for folk and jazz switches genres, this time to write an album about the place of women in modern times.
Jill Barber's new album <em>Metaphora</em> means "to transfer meaning" in Greek. "It captures a lot of what this album is about, which is my experience in the world as a woman," she says.

On , Jill Barber called herself "Canada's Sweetheart." And even though her new album out now doesn't conjure up the same sugary connotations as her previous works, she says the sweetheart title still holds true. "This record's maybe a

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