A seasoned performer with an ever-growing fan base in North America, Asia and Europe, James Hill has garnered wide acclaim for his songwriting skills and ground-breaking approach to the chronically-underestimated ukulele.
=0D=0A=A humble, uncompromising artist who "gives the ukulele its dignity back without ever taking himself - or the instrument - too seriously" (Songlines Magazine), James Hill's music cuts a deep winding path through Folk, Roots Rock and Americana. Equal parts disarming, captivating and mind-boggling. That's the best way to describe a James Hill performance. He is a rare performer whose instrumental virtuosity is matched by "impeccably crafted lyrics" (The Australian) and a strong bond with his audience. Over the course of his first three genre-defying albums, Hill re-wrote every rule that had previously kept the ukulele in the realm of novelty and obscurity.
=0D=0A=Then came the Canadian Folk Music Award Winning True Love Don't Weep album (2009), his collaboration with cellist/singer Anne Janelle, an album that pushed the budding songwriter into new territory and topped folk radio charts across North America. Since the release of his acclaimed Man With a Love Song in 2011, Hill has become known as much for his songwriting as for his instrumental virtuosity.
=0D=0A=His latest album, The Old Silo, finds him charting a course into deeper, rockier waters. The music has an edginess and swagger unlike anything Hill has ever recorded This is a concert you won't want to miss!
=0D=0A=ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS CONCERT WILL BE DONATED TO DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS - SYRIA PROJECT.
=0D=0A=Advance tickets are available at Ivy's Bookshop, Lyle's Place, Larsen School of Music and the Oak Bay Recreation Centre.
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