A Canadian singer-songwriter whose work has been covered by artists from Barbra Streisand to Celine Dion.
For a sense of his range, listen to 'Sour Whiskey' and then 'Sometimes When We Touch.' They're from different moments, but they share that same direct emotional current.
Hill's songs have a way of sticking around, whether it's the raw ache of 'Sour Whiskey' or the quiet persistence of his later albums like 'On the Way Home' from 2018. Some critics in the late '80s dismissed his work as too sentimental, but that never stopped him from writing. The fact that Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion have both covered his material says something about the emotional pull in those melodies.
He started writing songs as a teenager in Toronto, putting out his self-titled album in 1983. There were personal troubles, like the 2008 assault case involving his girlfriend, but he kept releasing music, from 'Real Love' in 1989 to 'Perfect Timing' in 2011.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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