Steve Hill

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December 14, 2022 Dear Illusion Review on Rock & Blues Muse

Juno Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and one-man-band Steve Hill rocks out all over his new record Dear Illusion. The set is out on No Label Records and finds the unstoppable Hill getting down on a fresh set of material that was originally supposed to come out in April of 2020 but Covid put a stop to...

December 14, 2022 Dear Illusion review on Maximum Volume Music

I’ve been a Steve Hill fan for years, but I’ve only seen him once. Back in the spring of 2018 the Ontario native opened for King King. Upon watching his show I wrote on these pages: “Steve Hill is better than good. He’s something more like a force of nature. Resistance at this point is...

December 14, 2022 Dear Illusion review on Fabrications HQ

Canadian musician Steve Hill has, over the last ten years, made a multiple Maple and Juno award winning name for himself as a one-man-blues-rock-band via his multi-instrumentation solo shows, three acclaimed & notable Solo Recordings albums and a live release that captured the essence and energy of his performances. More lately however a pseudo-cinematic side...

December 14, 2022 Dear Illusion review on Velvet Thunder

There’s no doubt about it, watching Steve Hill play is mesmerising. Like most hot-shot axe-slingers, he started off playing guitar in a blues band at home in Canada, although he can get a tune or a rhythm out of almost anything that can be plucked, blown or hit. When he went solo, he went all...

December 14, 2022 Louder Sound: Best new rock song

For years this Canadian singer/guitarist was known for his blues rock one-man band antics. For latest album Dear Illusion he teamed up with a horn section, reaping this toe-tapping, 70s-fried earworm that fans of Whiskey Myers and The Sheepdogs should get a kick out of. “It took me a long time to finish,” says Steve....

September 20, 2022 Fireworks Magazine’s 100th Anniversary Issue

Steve Hill review of Dear Illusion in Fireworks Magazine

August 25, 2022 Dear Illusion Review + Interview in Powerplay Rock & Metal Magazine

Powerplay Rock & Metal Magazine recently interviewed Steve Hill concerning his upcoming release Dear Illusion. See the interview and the full album review below:

February 23, 2021 Deser Trip Review by Paris Move

Desert Trip review in French by Paris Move. Read full review »

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Upcoming Shows

October 4th Sydenham, ON Bob Richardson Legion Branch 496 More Info

October 5th Weedon, QC – (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Centre culturel de Weedon More Info

October 11th Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu – (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Le 164 More Info

October 12th Cowansville, QC (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Espace Diffusion More Info

October 24th Saint-Irénée, QC (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Salle de concert du Domaine Forget de Charlevoix More Info

October 25th Jonquière, QC (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Le Calypso More Info

October 26th Saint-Prime, QC (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Vieux Couvent de Saint-Prime More Info

November 2nd Ottawa, ON (One Man Band – Hanging On A String) Rainbow Bistro More Info

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Biography

Widely considered one of Canada’s most prolific guitarists, Steve Hill has never stopped delivering wildly ambitious performances and satisfying original albums. Heralded wherever he goes, the guitarist, singer, drummer, harmonica player, songwriter and accomplished producer is a musical force to be reckoned with.

Forget the fact that he has won a Juno award, played concertos with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra, won enough Blues awards to fill a bathtub and walked the boards of too many stages to count throughout his 27-year career, when you stop to hear his music you know you’re listening to the real deal.

A guitar stylist with a wide musical vocabulary, he has performed over 2,500 concerts in many configurations. For the past 8 years he has toured extensively throughout Canada and Europe in support of his critically acclaimed Solo Recordings albums trilogy and one man band show. Steve got his start as an 18-year-old sideman in 1993 and released his first album in 1997. Since then he has shared the stage with many of his heroes, like Ray Charles, B.B. King and ZZ Top, to name a few, and has played at some of Canada’s biggest music festivals. With 11 albums of original songs to his name, he has explored everything from Rock, Country, Folk, and all kinds of music, while continuing to fuse it all with his first love, the Blues.

1 JUNO AWARD
Blues Album of the year (2015)

MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE
Best self-produced CD (2013)

8 MAPLE BLUES Awards
Electric act of the year (2000 – 2014 – 2015)
Entertainer of the year (2014 – 2015)
Guitarist of the year (2014 – 2015)
Album of the year (2014)

Discography

	Song name	Time
1	All About the Love	3:53	Buy on iTunes
2	Keep It Together	4:10	Buy on iTunes
3	Everything You Got	3:22	Buy on iTunes
4	Dear Illusion	4:14	Buy on iTunes
5	Steal The Light From You	4:09	Buy on iTunes
6	Don't Let The Truth Get In The Way (Of a Good Story)	5:03	Buy on iTunes
7	Follow Your Heart	3:22	Buy on iTunes
8	So It Goes	2:49	Buy on iTunes
9	She Gives Lessons In Blues	3:51	Buy on iTunes
10	Until Next Time	3:04	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Evening Star	03:24	Buy on iTunes
2	Rain	04:17	Buy on iTunes
3	Days	03:52	Buy on iTunes
4	Out of Phase	4:20	Buy on iTunes
5	Gotta be Strong and Carry On	02:53	Buy on iTunes
6	Coming Back to You	01:40	Buy on iTunes
7	Nothing New	04:08	Buy on iTunes
8	Long Road	02:37	Buy on iTunes
9	Tough Luck	04:06	Buy on iTunes
10	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	4:57	Buy on iTunes
11	Slowly Slipping Away	3:27	Buy on iTunes
12	Troubled Times	4:23	Buy on iTunes

Buy Album on Bandcamp

	Song name	Time
1	Rhythm All Over	3:51
2	Go on	5:09
3	The Collector	3:50
4	Damned	3:46
5	Tough Luck	4:24
6	Never Is Such A Long Time	6:36
7	Hate to See You Go	5:22
8	Emily	4:08
9	Nothing New	4:22
10	Out of Phase	4:20
11	Still Got It Bad	5:29
12	The Ballad of Johnny Wabo	5:21
13	Dangerous	3:56
14	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	7:31

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	Song name	Time
1	Damned	3:19	Buy on iTunes
2	Dangerous	3:47	Buy on iTunes
3	Still a Fool & a Rollin Stone	5:32	Buy on iTunes
4	Slowly Slipping Away	3:27	Buy on iTunes
5	Rhythm All Over	3:39	Buy on iTunes
6	Smoking Hot Machine	4:02	Buy on iTunes
7	Troubled Times	4:23	Buy on iTunes
8	Emily	2:25	Buy on iTunes
9	Can't Take It with You	3:03	Buy on iTunes
10	Rollin & Tumblin / Stop Breaking Down	5:11	Buy on iTunes
11	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	4:57	Buy on iTunes
12	Walking Grave	5:39	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Still Got It Bad	04:55	Buy on iTunes
2	Slim Chance	03:03	Buy on iTunes
3	Tough Luck	04:06	Buy on iTunes
4	The Collector	03:45	Buy on iTunes
5	Never Is Such a Long Time	04:30	Buy on iTunes
6	Hate to See You Go	04:41	Buy on iTunes
7	Better	04:24	Buy on iTunes
8	Simple Things	04:52	Buy on iTunes
9	I Want You to Love Me	04:23	Buy on iTunes
10	Go On	03:58	Buy on iTunes
11	Long Road	04:05	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Money (That's What I Want)	03:23	Buy on iTunes
2	Nothing New	04:08	Buy on iTunes
3	Long Road	04:05	Buy on iTunes
4	Go On	03:58	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Ever Changing World	03:50	Buy on iTunes
2	Love Got Us Blind	03:18	Buy on iTunes
3	Out of Phase	04:10	Buy on iTunes
4	Honey Bee	03:24	Buy on iTunes
5	Comin' Back To You	02:47	Buy on iTunes
6	King of the World	04:29	Buy on iTunes
7	Politician	03:04	Buy on iTunes
8	Gotta be Strong and Carry On	02:53	Buy on iTunes
9	Ain't Wastin' Time No More	03:58	Buy on iTunes
10	The ballad of Johnny Wabo	03:43	Buy on iTunes
11	Preachin Blues	03:09	Buy on iTunes
12	Granted	04:52	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	It Ain't Cool	03:48	Buy on iTunes
2	Goodbye Sunshine	04:39	Buy on iTunes
3	Cold Hearts	03:28	Buy on iTunes
4	Whiplash Love	03:43	Buy on iTunes
5	I'll Walk	04:05	Buy on iTunes
6	Running Out of Time	03:58	Buy on iTunes
7	Burnt	03:52	Buy on iTunes
8	I Fall for You	04:10	Buy on iTunes
9	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line	03:27	Buy on iTunes
10	Let's Get Back Together	03:50	Buy on iTunes
11	Judgment Day	07:05	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	The One	04:14
2	Who Do You Think You Are	03:12
3	Lost Woman	02:56
4	Up Jumped the Devil	03:06
5	Too Much Pressure	04:16
6	Give Your Woman What She Wants	02:50
7	I'm Dying for You	04:10
8	Sarah-Sue	06:01
9	The Mighty	03:17
10	The Terrible One	04:04
11	I'll Be Around	05:25
12	Going Down	03:15
13	The Fire Down Below	06:54

	Song name	Time
1	NASA Made	03:19	Buy on iTunes
2	Devil at My Heels	03:31	Buy on iTunes
3	Gotta Be Strong	03:04	Buy on iTunes
4	Control	03:41	Buy on iTunes
5	Even	04:30	Buy on iTunes
6	Long Road	02:37	Buy on iTunes
7	Roll Away the Stone	03:09	Buy on iTunes
8	Phoenix	01:10	Buy on iTunes
9	Make It Clear	05:48	Buy on iTunes
10	Get Over You	03:55	Buy on iTunes
11	Happy Face	05:21	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Bad Boy (featuring Heavy T)	04:09	Buy on iTunes
2	Run	04:21	Buy on iTunes
3	Home	04:42	Buy on iTunes
4	No Can Do	04:22	Buy on iTunes
5	One Woman Man	04:37	Buy on iTunes
6	Faster	04:30	Buy on iTunes
7	The Fall Of The One & Only John Doe	02:08	Buy on iTunes
8	Les Eaux troubles	04:28	Buy on iTunes
9	Chasin' The Hidden Dragon	03:49	Buy on iTunes
10	Open Your Eyes	03:39	Buy on iTunes
11	Irréparables erreurs	03:34	Buy on iTunes
12	Just Have To Ask	05:06	Buy on iTunes

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	Song name	Time
1	Sizzlin’	03:05
2	Top Forty	02:29
3	You Can Trust Me Now	03:36
4	Patient Man	04:41
5	Overqualified	04:52
6	Darkest Hour	03:37
7	Slave	05:50
8	Wanna Holler	04:07
9	Whooo!	03:09
10	What a Life	02:50
11	Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You	04:03
12	Wait on Time (Live Bonus Track)	05:17

	Song name	Time
1	Hit the Bee Flat	02:10
2	Way Down Below	05:06
3	Simple Things	04:52
4	Blues Guitar Man	03:38
5	Belvedere Heights	01:33
6	So Long, Farewell, Goodbye	04:17
7	Peace of Mind (intro)	01:41
8	Peace of Mind	05:21
9	I’m a King Bee	04:20
10	Waiting for You	04:44
11	Clearwater	04:27