Cancon Thursday - Never Quit Loving You

Regular readers of my blog will know that I'm a big fan of the wonderful Jill Barber.

Today, for Cancon Thursday, I'm going to share one of my favourite Jill tunes. "Never Quit Loving You" is a 2008 song from Jill's absolutely stunning album, Chances. Today I'm sharing a sweet live performance from the CBC. Jill's gorgeous voice is just perfect, the band is incredible. It's all just fantastic.

Fortunately for us, Jill tours frequently. If you see that she's playing in your town, you should definitely check her out. Jill's shows are an absolute treat.

I hope you enjoy today's Cancon song as much as I do xo

There will be days

When you get down

And you've got to find ways to keep your feet on the ground

Oh but honey, please remember

Even when I'm feelin' blue

That I will never ever quit loving you

Cancon Thursday - Any Fool Can Fall in Love

It's Thursday so I am sharing a Canadian song with you all today. Jill Barber is a wonderful, talented singer-songwriter. Next week she starts a new tour and I'm very lucky to have tickets for the two shows (in Smiths Falls and Napanee). She is playing in some smaller places which I thinks is so lovely.

This particular tour is all about dedications which is very cool. It's called "dedicated to you" and Jill has been encouraging folks to make requests of their favourite song.

Today, I am sharing a favourite Jill Barber of mine, Any Fool Can Fall In Love, from her 2011 album Mischievous Moon. I love this record so it was tough to pick just one song to share but here it is!

Hope you enjoy it and if you do, pick up some tickets to see Jill in a town near you xo

You don't have to have a pot of gold
Doesn't matter, you're young or old
You've come to realize, all is told:
Any fool can fall in love

Cancon Thursday - Love Is

Well, did you get chippped out this morning?  It took me 30 minutes to get the ice off of my vehicle this morning.  It's a bit of a workout that I cursed at the time but now, I feel pretty good about it.  All of that cold, fresh air in my lungs is not a bad way to start the day.  

I'm sure there are folks who will need a lot more time than that to get out this morning.  If you're one of those folks, I am going to share something with you to help you along.  It's Cancon Thursday so I'm going to share a wonderful little tune by Jill Barber with you.  "Love Is" will get you dancing and if you listen to it while you're scraping the ice from your vehicle, it won't seem like such a chore.  I just love Jill's beautiful voice and the message in this song is really sweet (and her most adorable children are in the video - it's super cute!!). 

Enjoy and stay safe out there today xo

You are the apple of my eye
I picked you right from the tree
You're just as sweet and sinful as pie
And just as easy

CanCon Thursday - All My Dreams

Many many years ago, I met Jill Barber through her brother Matt Barber.  Matt was a programmer at CFRC radio and I was working at the station when he was volunteering there.  Jill was still in high school and she'd been in Kingston playing shows now and then.  I was working two jobs back in those days and my second job was working on Homecoming Weekend.  One year, we were having live music in our registration tent (we tented Benidickson Field for the weekend back then) and I was able to book her to play at our ceilidh.  It feels like a million years ago and a million miles away from the kinds of shows she plays now.  It's been a real treat to watch her evolve as an artist over the years and watch her career grow.  Her voice is absolutely angelic.

For CanCon Thursday, I'm going to share one of my favourite Jill Barber videos with you.  The song is from her 2008 album, Chances.  The video for "All My Dreams" is actually one of my all time favourite music videos.  It's beautiful and sweet and funny and it features Jill and Andrew Shaver (an accomplished director and actor and, the co-host of her brother Matt's radio show at CFRC).  I think you'd have to be completely dead inside to not enjoy this video and I don't think it's possible to watch it just once.

I hope you like it xo