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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2007 - A feature on the CD A NEW KIND OF LIGHT featuring JILL BARBER, ROSE COUSINS and MEAGHAN SMITH

A New Kind of Light features both original material from Barber, Cousins and Smith along with their individual and collective interpretations of some old holiday classics. The CD was recorded at CBC's Studio H in Halifax this past spring and summer.

"The project started in November 2005, when we were approached by CBC Radio to come up with a repertoire of seasonal songs to perform on Mainstreet's Annual Food Bank funding drive," said Barber. "We gathered our favourite Christmas songs, settled on arrangements, and began rehearsing them as a trio. As song-writers, we felt that it was important to compose a few original tunes that expressed what the season meant to us. The performances went over so well that CBC invited us back to record songs for future broadcast."

"We wanted to record a full album and donate all proceeds of the recording to food banks in the Maritimes," said Cousins. "When we presented this idea to CBC they were on board immediately, put together a team -- funding was soon secured and a plan was set in motion."

"This project has been a joy to work on! We are so excited to perform at the Rebecca Cohn and are eagerly awaiting the album's release," said Smith. "We are confident that our efforts will pay off when we realize our initial goal of passing along 100% of the proceeds to the food bank, and knowing that we have been able to give back to the community that has given us so much."
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