Cliff Hillis: news

Howdy friends!


Brrrr.... it's still dang cold out there! Hope you all are staying as warm as possible, and just so's ya know, here are two opportunities for you to warm yourself with the restorative powers of rock 'n roll! It really works, I tell ya!


First off, this Friday night in Lancaster PA I'll be rockin' at the Lancaster Dispensing Co. It's a songwriter showcase night starting at 9:30pm, I'm sharing the bill with Mike McMonagle and Bess Rogers. My set will be at 11:30pm and we'll end the evening with a jam "in the round" playing a few random fun covers. For those of you in the area, don't be so Amish! Stay up late and enjoy music, food & beverages with us!


Also, not too far down the road (figuratively and literally for me) I'll be doing a songwriter circle show "in the round" trading off tunes with my pals Nik Everett, Andy King (formerly of The Hooters) and Brian Kenneth (presently of Fooling April!) at Steel City Coffeehouse right here in Phoenixville PA. This will be the only other show I have booked for a while, so I'm hoping lots of P'ville folks will make it out. Lots of great songs & stories will be sung & told, it's a night not to be missed!


And there ya have it. Read below for more details & see you soon!




Thanks for your continued support! -Cliff


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Friday, Jan. 15th @ Lancaster Dispensing Co.
33 N Market St
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 299-4602
http://www.dispensingco.com/
9:30pm - Mike McMonagle (Lancaster, PA)
http://www.myspace.com/mikemcmonaglemusic
10:30pm - Bess Rogers (Brooklyn, NY)
http://www.myspace.com/bessrogers
11:30pm - Cliff Hillis (Phoenixville, PA)
http://www.myspace.com/cliffhillis
12:30am – In the round

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Saturday, February 6th @ Steel City Coffeehouse


203 Bridge St
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-933-4043

Steel City Coffeehouse


8:30pm songwriter circle show with-


Andy King (ex of The Hooters)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4TG2EmLbXo

Nik Everett

http://www.myspace.com/nikeverett

and Brian Kenneth (of Fooling April)

http://www.myspace.com/fa

http://steelcitycoffeehouse.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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"The Long Now" is available now on iTunes & most of the other digital download sites!

get it on iTunes here

or order the CD from TallBoy Records here

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http://myspace.com/cliffhillis
http://twitter.com/cliffhillis http://www.facebook.com/cliffhillis

Howdy everyone!

So, the Hillis Bros residency at Arena's in Rehoboth is coming to a close tonight TUESDAY 9/29. It should be a rockin' good time & I hope to see a bunch of friends out. We will definitely be pulling out some obscure tunes to round out the season plus bring up some guests so don't miss it!!!

ALSO, it'll be a Rehoboth/Dewey week for me, as I will be back down this coming THURSDAY 10/1 to rock the Dewey Beach Music Conference with the Fwd Thinkers. Honorary Fwd Thinker Roger will be on bass since Greg M. is a brand new dad! We'll hit the Rusty Rudder deck at the very respectable time of 7:40pm on Stage B outside. Come rock out with us and get home in time to catch yer beauty sleep. And did I mention it's FREE? See you there!

I will also be doing a solo acoustic set 4:30pm FRIDAY 10/2 on the "World Cafe Live presents" stage, which is really just Stage A of the Rudder deck during the daytime. It'll be the sensitive side of Cliff!

Looking ahead to next week it'll be a Phoenixville PA Fwd Thinkers trio show w/ Ken & Greg at Steel City Coffehouse WEDNESDAY 10/7. This is a no-cover "Steel City Sessions" show with Rod Kim & Kevn Masch opening.

Alrighty, well with all those options I certainly hope a bunch of folks can make it out. I look forward to seeing you at one or all of the shows!

Thanks so much for all your continued support! -Cliff

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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
10:00pm
Hillis brothers @ Arenas Deli & Bar
149 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
The final Hillis brothers Tuesday night residency show! See you there...


Thursday, October 1st, 2009
7:40pm
Fwd Thinkers @ Dewey Music Conference
113 Dickinson Street
Dewey Beach, DE 19971
Fwd Thinkers return to Dewey Beach! one set at 7:40pm sharp on Stage B of the Rusty Rudder deck!



Friday, October 2nd, 2009
4:30pm
Cliff solo @ Dewey Beach Fest
113 Dickinson Street
Dewey Beach, DE 19971
Cliff solo acoustic set on the daytime "World Cafe Live presents" stage. Rusty Rudder deck stage A.



Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
8:00pm
Fwd Thinkers trio @ Steel City Coffeehouse
203 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Fwd Thinkers trio show, Wendesday night "Steel City Sessions" show with no cover! Rod Kim & Kevin Masch start the night off at 8pm, Fwd Thinkers play at 9pm sharp!
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Happy almost-Summer everyone!


Just a quick update to remind anyone in the DE area that tonight (Tuesday June 16th) marks the start of the "Hillis brothers Tuesday night Summer residency" at Arena's in Rehoboth Beach. Should be good fun & we'll have occasional guests sitting in as things progress. Please swing on by & get us started on the right foot tonight if you're within driving/walking/stumbling distance!


Also, for those of you in the PA area, this Thursday June 18th I will be opening for Richard Bush & the Peace Creeps at Havana in New Hope. Should be a great night, the Peace Creeps always rock the house & I will most likely be trying out a new song or two. See you there!


And if you aren't able to catch either of those shows but want to hear more information about little ol' me than you'd ever possibly need, then you can check out the podcast of my recent visit to 1520 WCHE in West Chester at this link-


http://soundstage.podomatic.com/entry/2009-06-15T20_43_03-07_00

I had a great time chatting with Charlie Sylvestri & even though I was a bit rough around the edges from lack of sleep I played several acoustic tunes between stories of Chili's Babyback Ribs & tuning John McEnroe's guitar.


Alrighty, thanks & see ya soon! -Cliff


le scoop:
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Hillis Bros @ Arenas
10:00pm
149 Rehoboth Ave
Rehoboth Beach DE 19971

the start of our weekly Tuesday night Summer residency!
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Havana New Hope
8:00pm
105 S. Main Street
New Hope PA 18938

Cliff solo opening for Richard Bush & The Peace Creeps!
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"The Long Now" is available now on iTunes & most of the other digital download sites!

get it on iTunes here

or order the CD from TallBoy Records here

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http://www.cliffhillis.com/
http://myspace.com/cliffhillis
http://twitter.com/cliffhillis http://www.facebook.com/cliffhillis

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Wow... what a heavy day yesterday with the inauguration and all. But
I'm not here to talk politics....

What I really wanted to mention was the fact that "The Long Now" just
got two killer reviews. One from Boston's "Amplifier Magazine", and
one from a U.K. reviewer known as "Toxic Pete". While both reviews are
fairly glowing, I must say I was blown away by the Amplifier review,
it's the first time I've ever heard someone mention that I had "the
pluperfect pop voice". Wow!

Read the Amplifier review here:
http://amplifiermagazine.com/reviews/cds/cliff_hillis_cd.php
Read Toxic Pete's review here:
http://www.toxicpete.co.uk/cliffhillis.html
And as if that weren't enough, the online "Audities" music discussion
group has voted "The Long Now" number one on their "Best of 2008"
list!

You can see it here:
http://popunderground.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/audities-best-of-2008/

It's very inspiring to know people like the new CD, I'm in "phase
two" of promotion since the holidays kinda shut things down for a
while. Hopefully there will be some more reviews & radio airplay in
the near future. WXPN continues to give "Elevator" occasional spins
and play "Northern Lights" regularly on their online stream. Woo Hoo!

Lastly, onto this weekend's shows.... don't forget I'll be doing my
first gig at Easton MD's NightCat (formerly Coffee East) this Saturday
night the 24th, it's a songwriter circle and I really hope to see some
friendly faces there!

The next day Sunday the 25th I'll be opening for New York's "The
Wiyo's" at Cooldog House Concerts in Clayton DE (near Smyrna & Dover).
You can email them through the website below to RSVP if you'd like to
attend.

And there ya have it! Thanks so much everyone & hope to see ya soon!
-Cliff

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SATURDAY January 24th 8:00pm
Songwriter circle @ NightCat- formerly Coffee East
5 Goldsborough St
Easton MD 21601
songwriter circle with Caleb Stine, Luke Brindley & Dave Majerowicz.
http://nightcatmusic.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------
SUNDAY January 25th 3:00pm
Cliff solo @ Cooldog House Concerts
Clayton DE
opening for The Wiyos
visit the Cooldog website to RSVP
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Happy Holidays everyone!

Just a quick reminder that this Friday December 19th my song "On A
Day Like Christmas" will be the featured song of the day for 88.5
WXPN's "12 Days of XPN Local Christmas". It will be played in the 9am hour and as the 1pm "Philly Local Pick of the Day", as well as being featured for download on the "12 Days" page at their website.

You'll be able to download the song at their site starting Friday, follow the "12 Days of Philly Local" link at-

http://xpn.org/
Also, don't forget that I'll be back at the Tin Angel in Philly this Sunday Dec. 21st, I hope to see some friendly faces in the room!

It's an early show (Country Ken and I will play at 7:30) and the cover is only $8.00! We'll be playing said Christmas song as well as a bunch of stuff from "The Long Now", hope to see you there!!!

P.S. Some really nice reviews are starting to come in for the CD, the
online blog "Bill's Music Forum" just had some great things to say about "The Long Now". Check it out here-

http://billsmusicforum.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-cliff-hillis-long-now.html

Hey everyone-

Happy Holidays! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving & are gearing up
for round two of holiday madness.

I wanted to mention a few things that I'm excited about... First off,
"The Long Now" is now officially available on iTunes and a bunch of
other digital download sites such as eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, and
Amazon MP3.

Here's a link to get it on iTunes if you are so inclined:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=293886855&s=143441
And of course if you wanted to get the actual CD, TallBoy Records is
the place to go:

http://www.tallboyrecords.com/item110.html

Also, I am playing at Steel City Coffeehouse this Wednesday night for
the "Steel City Sessions" show. It'll be an acoustic trio show with
Greg Maragos on bass and Tim Kelly playing percussion. Nik Everett
will do a solo set before us, the night starts at 8pm, we'll be on
between 8:45 & 9:00. Come join us wontcha?

Oh yeah, did I mention this is a FREE SHOW? Yep! So I definitely hope
to see some friendly faces there. ; )


Lastly but not leastly, I just found out I will be part of WXPN's
"The 12 Days of XPN Local Xmas". Starting December 8th they will
feature a different local artist's Christmas song each day as the "My
Morning Download" and the "Philly Local Pick of the Day". Not sure
which day yet, but my Christmas song "On A Day Like Christmas" will be
in there. I'll let ya know when I find out which day!

Alrighty... thanks so much everyone & stay tuned for more exciting
news! -Cliff


le scoop on le show:
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WEDNESDAY Dec. 3rd
Trio show @ Steel City Coffehouse
Steel City Sessions - 8:00pm
203 Bridge Street
Phoenixville PA 19460
Price: FREE!
http://steelcitycoffeehouse.com/
"Steel City Session" Wed night music series. Free show from 8-10pm.
Nik Everett plays at 8pm, I play at around 8:45pm. Acoustic trio show
with Greg Maragos on bass & Tim Kelly on percussion!
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You can now officially get "The Long Now" on iTunes! Click here to get it!

Here is the full link just in case-

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=293886855&s=143441

It's also up on emusic, napster, amazon mp3 & most other digital download sites if you prefer one of those!

The song "Ought To Know" just got added to rotation at Ocean City MD's 98.1 WOCM! If you're not in the listening area you can check them out online at:

http://irieradio.com/
I believe they'll be playing it again tonight around 9pm... woo hoo!

hey everyone!

this evening they played "northern lights" on WXPN's "Y-Rock on XPN" show! thanks to my friend fern for letting me know about it.

I had mentioned the other day that XPN played "elevator" for the philly local pick of the day last week.

if you happen to be tuning in to WXPN on the radio or listening online (http://xpn.org/listen-live), I don't think it'd hurt if you were so inclined to request "elevator" during normal XPN broadcasting, or "northern lights" if you were tuning in to "Y-Rock on XPN". obviously it wouldn't be good to bombard them with requests, but if you did want to make a request you could do so here:

during regular XPN programming- call 215-573-WXPN, or email requests@xpn.org with
"Request A Song" in the subject line and ask for "elevator" by cliff hillis

during "Y-Rock on XPN" programming- either call 1-866-YROCK-HD (1-866-976-2543), or listen for who the host is and swing by here http://xpn.org/yrock-on-xpn/hosts to get info on emailing or texting them a request. you have to email the host who is on at that particular time. I would suggest asking to hear "northern lights" by cliff hillis. ; )

alrighty... 'nuff said!

thanks everyone! -cliff

I just found out that this past Wednesday Nov. 5th I was WXPN's "Philly Local Pick of the Day". They played the song "Elevator from the new CD. Thanks so much Helen Leicht & WXPN!

check it out:

http://wxpn.blogspot.com/2008/11/pick-of-day-11508.html

Couple quick things I wanted to mention... First off, there is a
really nice review of "The Long Now" up at the "Absolute Powerpop"
blog site, it was the CD Of The Day this past Wednesday. Check it out
here-

http://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/cd-of-day-102208-cliff-hillis-long-now.html
Also, I recently did a phone interview with Adam Waltermire of "Pop
Garden Radio" in Florida that will be aired on his AM radio show this
Saturday night 10/24. His show is from 10pm-3am EST, you can tune in
online or subscribe to the podcast here- http://popgardenradio.com/
I'm also excited to mention that "The Long Now" will soon be
available on Itunes, and is already up & available at AmazonMP3.com
and Emusic.com. Here are some links if you're interested!

get "The Long Now" on AmazonMP3 here-

http://www.amazon.com/The-Long-Now/dp/B001ISWFHO/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2
get "The Long Now" on Emusic.com here-

http://www.emusic.com/album/The-Long-Now-The-Long-Now-MP3-Download/11306790.html

Aside from the usual array of gigs in the area, it looks like I'll be making some trips this summer as guitar tech for Patty Smyth and Scandal and also The Hooters. Maybe see you around the country and beyond!

So I've been spending the cold months cooped up in the studio finishing the forthcoming CD's for Lotus Hill & Tim Butler. I am also in the midst of working on projects for Joe Miralles and Craig Bancoff. Somewhere in there I'm slowly knocking out my own next CD, stay tuned for more info on that soon!