My weekly grind lands me in the world of wonder known commonly as childhood. I am a day to day Mary Poppins. Building forts out of blankets, singing songs about the seasons, making dances up for all the animals, all the sounds, and all the feelings. I have organized my life so that I may [...]
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a few nice words…
upon googling myself in the name of vanity the following turned up: Jess Hill Vancouver treasure singing dream-folk that captures you, takes you in rapture and flits away. and this one “the quirky story-teller” Self-proclaimed “quirky” Jess Hill is an attention grabbing songstress, as she explained the back-story to “Give Me Your Ghost” she mentioned other known [...]
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Re-cap: CMW, Toronto and Train Tracks!
At the end of March I left the lower rain lands and headed eastward to Toronto for CMW. CMW is a music industry event geared toward helping indie bands make the connections necessary to make it BIG! The entire concept of such a thing kind of makes me gag but alas I have really dear [...]
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Straight Music reviews Orchard!
Exactly a year to the release date ORCHARD gets some hometown love. “as warm and achingly intimate as the best work of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.” John Lucas, The Georgia Straight Jess Hill is clearly in no rush. She released her second album, Orchard, five years after her debut, Road. Her songs are equally [...]
Toronto, pronto!
Eaves dropping on the conversations of my fellow air travelers at the gate. The power is out and each of their faces is in silhouette. There are grumbles between them over the lack of coffee available at the Starbucks kiosk due to the power outage. A rare few of them huffing and puffing at the [...]