Anne Hills
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Birth name | Anne E. Hills |
Born | Moradabad, India | October 18, 1953
Genres | Folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actor |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, banjo, autoharp |
Years active | 1967–present |
Labels | Flying Fish, Hogeye, Appleseed |
Website | Official Website |
Anne Hills (born October 18, 1953) is an American folk singer-songwriter who lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Hills was born to a family of missionaries in Moradabad, India,[5][6] and grew up in Michigan in the United States.
A member of her church choir as a child, she became involved in community theater when she was still in elementary school. A student at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, she played in a band there with Chris Brubeck and Peter Erskine. By high school, she was singing classical, jazz and popular music.[7]
In 1976, she moved to Chicago and was a co-founder of the record label Hogeye Music. After releasing a few records on Hogeye, the label was bought out by Flying Fish Records in the mid-1980s.
In 1984, Hills was briefly a member of a trio (along with
The 2000s saw her collaborating with
In addition to her musical endeavors, Hills also acts on the live stage. Additionally, she collaborated with Liz Paxson on a children's book with an accompanying album, featuring Hills and her daughter, Tamlyn. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is married to Mark Moss, editor of Sing Out!.
Discography
- Woman of a Calm Heart (1978)
- The Panic is On (with Jan Burda) (Hogeye, 1982)
- Don't Explain (Hogeye, 1984)
- On This Day Earth Shall Sing (Hogeye, 1984)
- Woman of a Calm Heart (Flying Fish Records, 1988)
- October Child (Flying Fish, 1993)
- Angle of the Light (Flying Fish, 1995)
- Bittersweet Street (Redwing Music, 1998)
- Paradise Lost & Found (with Michael Peter Smith) (Redwing, 1999)
- Under American Skies (with Tom Paxton) (2001)
- Fourtold (with Cindy Mangsen, and Michael Peter Smith) (2003)
- Best of Friends (with Tom Paxton and Bob Gibson) (2004)
- Beauty Attends: The Heartsongs of Opal Whiteley (2006)
- Ef You Don't Watch Out (2007)
- Points of View (2009)
- Rhubarb Trees (with David Roth) (2011)
- The Things I Notice Now: Anne Hills Sings the Songs of Tom Paxton (2012)
- Tracks (2014)
- Fragile Gifts (with Jay Ansill) (2016)
- Accidental August (2021)
- With Cindy Mangsen
- Never Grow Old (1994)
- Never Grow Up (1998)
- With Cindy Mangsen and Priscilla Herdman
- Voices (1990)
- Voices of Winter (1997)
- At the Turning of the Year (2000)
References
- ^ Gehman, Geoff. "Translating Zen earthquakes into song." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, May 28, 2000, p. 82 (subscription required).
- ^ Gehman, Geoff. "An infamous child's diary inspires folk singer." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, June 9, 2005, p. 39 (subscription required).
- ^ Longsdorf, Amy. "Anne Hills lets her heart guide her social conscience." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, October 22, 1988, p. 60 (subscription required).
- ^ Duckett, Jodi. "Catching a Dream: Anne Hills turns song into book for children." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, April 10, 1998, p. 62 (subscription required).
- ^ "Anne Hills brings rhythms of trains and folk music together". Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.
- ^ Longsdorf, "Anne Hills lets her heart guide her social conscience," The Morning Call, October 22, 1988.
- ^ Longsdorf, "Anne Hills lets her heart guide her social conscience," The Morning Call, October 22, 1988.
- OCLC 426388468.