Matthew Barber

加拿大創作型歌手。77年出生，99年在大學時代，自行發布第一張專輯A Thousand Smiles An Hour...。畢業之后，也未簽約任何公司，而是去McMaster大學繼續深造。02年獨立發行了一張具有突破意義的專輯：Means and Ends，因此得到了Paper Bag公司的親睞。如今，歸屬于華納旗下。 有一個妹妹：Jill Barber，同是加拿大歌手。 風格：Indie pop ，Pop rock。 Toronto singer/songwriter Matthew Barber seemed like a good breakout candidate a few years back, but has been relatively quiet recently, perhaps aging the mortar in anticipation of Ghost Notes, his first new album in close to three years. The album is fairly mature sounding and pretty darn MOR-ish, not that there's anything wrong with that. Barber's songwriting and arrangement skills seem to have evolved, with elements of country, folk and parlour balladry leaking their way into the mix. The production is crystal clear and Barber's vocals are put front and centre, whether playfully rollicking through "(I'm Gonna) Settle My Accounts With You" or patiently crooning through "Somebody Sometime." Overall, this isn't really my cup of tea, but I could totally see 20-something white girls lapping this stuff up. Make of that what you will.