Timothy Hill is an amazingly gifted and versatile singer,
songwriter, guitarist and pianist. A dynamic and engaging performer
whose broad range of experience with jazz, folk, and world music gives
his music a richness and depth rarely heard today.
Considered in the tradition of singer-songwriters, his voice draws comparisons to James Taylor, his incisive lyrics are reminiscent of Jackson Browne and Bruce Cockburn, and his musical dexterity and adventurousness is comparable to Tim Buckley. Hill, however, is following his own path, finding new textures and resonances, creating music with universal appeal in this global era.
As an original member of David Hykes' world-renowned group The
Harmonic Choir, he is one of the pioneers in the art of harmonic
singing, or overtone singing. Writing in the New York Times, Robert
Palmer called Hill a virtuoso of the Tibetan chanting technique.
Hill appears on eight recordings by David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir,
including their landmark recording, Hearing Solar Winds, and has
performed with them throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan.
He has also appeared as a guest vocalist on recordings by singer-songwriters Katell Keineg, Larry John McNally, Dorothy Scott, Jane Kelly Williams, new music cellist Robert Een, klezmer clarinetist extraordinaire Giora Feidman, and others.
Hill performs his music frequently in and around New York City, where he currently lives. He has appeared at Sin-e, Fez, Mercury Lounge, The Living Room, and Joe's Pub, alongside artists such as Jeff Buckley, Susan McKeown, Martha Wainwright, and Teddy Thompson. In the past few years he has begun touring around the United States and Europe.
He is currently involved in a wide variety of musical projects, including his group Wayfarer, with guitarist Brandon Ross, bassist Doug Weiss and percussionist Jeff Haynes; vocal research group Weave, with Marjorie Johnson, Seth Markel and Sanjay Cherubala; contemporary gospel group River, with Jane Kelly Williams, Dave Richards and Pete McDonald; and urban outsider acoustic group CC&H, with guitarists Chris Cunningham and Jason Crigler.
He has produced three CDs of his music, This Bright World, The Human Place, and Spirit's Body.
"Timothy Hill is an outstanding singer-songwriter whose beautifully expressive voice and texts, by turns warm and strong, personal and transcendent, are enchanting in their scope and range. The breadth and depth of his musical experiences, from some 30 years of overtone singing in The Harmonic Choir to pioneering contemporary, jazz and folk collaborations with a wide range of artists, gives his music and texts a special resonance and subtlety. An artist not be missed." David Hykes, founder/director, The Harmonic Choir
"Timothy Hill is a true poet soul folksinger." Larry John McNally, singer-songwriter, "Nobody's Girl"(Bonnie Raitt), "For My Wedding"(Don Henley)