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Ef You Don‘t Watch Out!: Anne Hills Sings the Poems of James Whitcomb Riley(2007)
Anne Hills
Collective Works 0504
Indiana's beloved “Hoosier Poet” of the late 19th century, James Whitcomb Riley achieved fame for his writing about the simple country life in the dialect of southern Indiana, with verse alternating between the humorous and the sentimental. Claiming that “simple sentiments that come from the heart” were the secret of his success, Riley satisfied the public with down-to-earth verse that was “heart high.” He was a gifted actor, orator, musician, as well as a journalist ... and by the late 1800s Riley was in high demand as a speaker. At the time of his passing in 1916, he was so revered that he received the rare honor of lying in state at Indiana's Capitol Rotunda as 35,000 mourners came to bid him farewell. On this recording, Anne Hills brings ten of Riley's beloved poems back to life with poignant, fun and thoughtful folk arrangements.
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Beauty Attends: The Heartsongs of Opal Whiteley (2006)
Anne Hills
Collective Works 0502
13 passages from Opal Whiteley's childhood nature diaries, set to music by the incomparable Michael Smith, with beautiful arrangements by co-producer Scott Pettito. Songs include: “Blue Hills,” “I Went to Look for the Fairies,” “Potatoes,” “Brown Leaves,” “Cloudships,” “Now it is Winter,” “Larks of the Meadow,” “Lichen Folk,” “William Shakespeare,” “Glad for the Spring,” “Thoughts In Flowers,” “Song of the Brook,” and “She is Dead.”
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Best of Friends (2004)
Tom Paxton, Bob Gibson & Anne Hills
Appleseed Recordings 1077
Recorded live at the legendary Chicago folk club, Holstein's, in 1985, this is the "lost recording" that fans of classic folk have been pining for for nearly two decades! The short-lived, but much loved, trio toured throughout North America and the UK before the each member returned to focus on their own solo projects ... and before they made it into the studio to chronicle this perfect blending of talent. Songs include: “Sing for the Song,” “Did You Hear John Hurt?,” “Home to Me is Anywhere You Are,” “The Death of Stephen Biko,” “And Loving You,” “While You SLeep,” “She Sits of the Table,” “Let the Band Play Dixie,” “Pilgrim Song,” “Panhandle Wind,” “Something's Wrong with the Rain,” “Ramblin Boy,” “One Million Lawyers,” and “Bottle of Wine.”
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Fourtold (2003)
Steve Gillette, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen, and Michael Smith
Appleseed Recordings 1071
Four great singers with a deep understanding, love and respect for the profound power of the "story song" tradition ... and with the musical chops to make the experience truly transporting. On this CD, Steve, Cindy, Anne and Michael share a dozen true gems from the body of great material out there: old, new, traditional, original and borrowed. Songs include: “Four Rode By,” “Molly & Tenbrooks,” “Pendle Hill,” “Joshua Gone Barbados,” “Panther In Michigan,” “Darcy Farrow,” “Ballad of Springhill,” “Aramalee,” “The Nine Little Goblins,” “Two Men in a Building,” “I Drew My Ship,” and “Run, Come, See Jerusalem.”
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Under American Skies (2001)
Anne Hills and Tom Paxton
Appleseed Recordings 1052
Full circle. Anne hit the national folk circuit in the early 1980s as part of the legendary, albeit short-lived, trio Best of Friends. Flanked by Tom Paxton and Bob Gibson, two undisputed folk revival giants, Anne’s voice graced stages from Carnegie Hall to London and California. She continued her work with Tom over the years, each promising the other that they would someday collaborate on a recording. Well, the wait is over! Selected a sampling of favorites from the repertoires of each other, they added some of the great political songs from the “boom” era and beyond, plus a brand new collaboration for the title cut. Songs include: “There Goes A Mountain,” “Under American Skies,” “Follow that Road,” “Clarrissa Jones,” “Birmingham Sunday,” “Carry It On,” “God Bless the Grass,” “Manzanar,” “Gettin’ Up Early,” “Well, Well, Well,” “Pandora’s Box,” “Shadow Crossing the Land,” “Links In the Chain” and a special live track from The Best of Friends: “And Loving You.”
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At the Turning of the Year (2000)
Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen
Hand & Heart Music 2000
Anne and the gals (that's Priscilla Herdman & Cindy Mangsen, where ya been?!?) returned to the studio for a new sampling of seasonal songs ... this time drawing inspiration from celebrations from Halloween to the coming of the Spring. Just like their live performances, the songs run from the sublimely beautiful to the gut grabbing hilarious. Songs include: “At the Turning of the Year,” “Candelman Eve,” “The Winter It Is Past,” “Forget Me Not,” “Swinton May Song,” “Goodbye to the Roses,” “Away Ye Merry Lasses,” “Uncle Dave's Grace,” “Solstice Round,” “The Snow,” “The Druggist,” “Corn, Water & Wood,” “Years” and “Winter's Come & Gone.” It isn't the holidays without these dulcet voices and exquisite harmonies. This one's a keeper!
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Paradise Lost and Found (1999)
Anne Hills and Michael Smith
Redwing Music 5406
Here it is, folks, the long-awaited and oft-requested duet recording from Anne and Michael. Recorded "live" at Studio Chicago in the Spring of 1999 (with no overdubs), this is the next best thing to being at one of the duet shows featuring these great friends ... and brilliant performers. On this baker’s dozen set you’ll hear originals by both Anne and Michael, a couple of co-writes and a Beatles’ song thrown in for fun. If you’ve ever shared an evening with Anne and Michael, you already know why this recording has been so eagerly anticipated. Songs include: “Stranded In The Moonlight,” “Paterson Summer,” “Painted Horse,” “Danger,” “Paradise Lost & Found,” “Silken Dreams,” “Spoon River,” “Disappearing Heart,” “This Rain,” “We Become Birds,” “Roll Me Home,” “The Dutchman” and “I Will.” It’s a take-home concert with the best of friends ... and you’re invited!
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Bittersweet Street (1998)
Anne Hills
Redwing Music 5402
A dozen stunning contemporary folk gems, Anne's debut
on the new Chicago-based label is destined to be a classic in the genre.
The songs (all by Hills except where noted) include: Pleiades; Yard
Dreams; First Day of Autumn; Blur in the Photograph; Cloudships (Smith/Whiteley);
Bittersweet Street; Exile; Just By Offering (Weiss); Some Boats;
New Companion; Wait By the River; Close the Door Lightly (Andersen).
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Never Grow Up (1998)
Anne Hills and Cindy
Mangsen
Flying Fish 671
A follow-up to the award winning release Never Grow Old, this 1998 release from Anne and long-time singing partner Cindy Mangsen again gathers a varied group of special friends for a collection of material, this time aimed at children and the young at heart. Guests include The Volo Bogtrotters, Carla Sciaky, Dave Van Ronk, Michael Cooney, Jan Burda, The Raisin Pickers, Dave Price with Tyler Wilson, Priscilla Herdman, Rosalie Sorrels, Pete Sutherland, Mark Graham, Steve Gillette, Jamie O'Reilly and Fred Campeau.
Songs include: Kitty Alone; Now He's Sorry That
He Spoke; The Thinnest Man / Alice; Froggy Went A-Courtin'; Hudson River
Steamboat; Wait 'Til The Clouds Roll By; Chickens They're A-Crowin'; The
Dummy Line; Where Did You Get That Hat; The Colorado Trail; Hopalong Peter;
Master Of The Sheepfold; I've Got Rings On My Fingers; Old Blue; Watch
The Stars / At The Gate Of Heaven.
Dreamcatcher (The Book) (1997)
This beautifully illustrated children's book adapts Anne's
popular song about the hopes and dreams of children. The 24-page full-color,
fully-illustrated story includes a cassette of the song, sung by Anne on
one side and Anne's daughter Tamlyn on the other. (A lead sheet of the
song and full lyrics are also included.) A perfect gift for the children
in your life. Ask for a personalized autograph!
Voices of Winter (1997)
Priscilla, Anne and Cindy join together for a live set
of seasonal material from their annual end of year program.
Songs include Wintergrace; Snow in the Street; Raise
the Dead of Wintertime; Witch Hazel; Serving Girl's Holiday; Harerot Halalu;
A'Roving on a Winter's Night; Joy Health Love and Peace / The Wren; Unto
You This Night; The Frozen Logger / Proper Cup of Coffee; Voices of Winter
/ Red & Green; Hot Buttered Rum; Mister Santa; Chickadee; More Wood;
Lo, How A Rose.
Part of the Village (1997)
Anne assembled another group of artists for this children's
music project to benefit the Carole Robertson Center for Learning, (see
That Kind of Grace below).
Songs include: The Mamba (Shanta); Johnny Appleseed
(Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen);
I'll Love You Forever (Anne Hills); My Home's Across the Blue
Ridge Mountains (Sparky & Rhonda Rucker); Cloud People (Josh
White Jr.); What's Your Favorite Color (David Roth); Orange Cocoa
Cake (Anne Hills); Passive Restraint (Kim & Reggie Harris);
Todo El Que Lee Es Un Leon (Nelson Sosa); Spin & Turn
(Tom Paxton); Dreamcatcher (Priscilla
Herdman); Freedom Is Coming (The Grace Family); and Gospel
Medley (The Carole Robertson Center Children's Choir). (All proceeds
go directly to the center!)
A Lost World (1996)
Well, OK, this isn't really an Anne Hills record, but
Anne is the featured vocalist on 6 of Jay's 14 musical settings for the
poems of Robert Graves. (Other singers include John Gorka, Richard Shindell,
Priscilla
Herdman, Cindy Mangsen,
John Roberts and Tony Barrand.) These are stunning "celtic-esque" musical
arrangements that really showcase Anne's singing, in yet another (for her)
style.
Angle of the Light (1995)
Angle of the Light,
the first of Anne's projects to showcase her own songwriting, has been
widely praised, finding it's way onto many folk DJ Top 10 lists. The songs
(all by Hills except where noted) include: Yesterday's Wind; Follow
That Road; Fighting Giants; Sound of the Looms; Over the Bridge; Brown
Leaves (Smith/Whiteley); Dreamcatcher; Angle Of the Light; Lover's
Knot (Hills/Ansill); Forget Me Know (Hills/Smith); and Enough.
Never Grow Old (1994)
In the fall of 1994, Anne released a duet album with long-time
singing partner Cindy Mangsen.
Joined by a striking array of guests, including Tom Paxton, Laurie Lewis,
John Hartford, Gordon Bok, Priscilla
Herdman and others, Anne and Cindy nail sixteen traditional songs reaching
back to the last century.
Songs include: Where We'll Never Grow Old; Curtains
of Night; Richmond on the James; Lost Jimmy Whalen; Master Kilby; Bill
Morgan and His Gal; Wolves A'Howlin'; McKinley's Rag; Lone Pilgrim; Mary
Anne; The Housewife's Lament; Light of Red and Green; Pretty Sylvia; Oh
My Little Darlin'; Railroading on the Great Divide; Evening Shade.Never
Grow Old received the 1994 NAIRD Indie Folk "Honorable Mention"
award.
Follow That Road (1994)
Highlights of the Second Annual Martha's Vineyard Singer/Songwriters
Retreat, an annual event sponsored by Christine Lavin and the Wintertide
Coffeehouse.
That Kind of Grace (1995)
A project to benefit the Carole Robertson Center for
Learning, a westside Chicago family support center named in honor of
the 4 children killed in Birmingham, AL, Sept. '63. Songs include: One
Family, One Planet (Kim & Reggie), Healing Hands
(Steve and Cindy), That Kind of Grace (Anne & David),
Say a Prayer for a Stranger (Josh), I Am You
(Anne), and Earth (David).
October Child (1993)
Produced by jazz drummer Peter
Erskine (of Weather Report fame) and recorded at Groove Masters
studio in Los Angeles,October Child features ten songs written by
Michael Smith
(including two songs which have never been released elsewhere). Featured
musicians include Paul McCandless (reeds) along with James Taylor band
regulars Bob Mann (guitar), Jimmy Johnson (bass), Jim Cox (piano) and Carlos
Vega(drums).
Songs include: Three Monkeys; Starfisher; Sister
Clarissa; Disappearing Heart (Smith/Hills); Paterson Summer; Woman
in the Mirror; Rose of Sharon; Rondi's Birthday; Stranded in the Moonlight;
and The Dutchman.
Voices (1990)
After working with each other for years, Anne, Cindy and
Priscilla decided to make their mutual admiration a formal, albeit part-time,
collaboration. With Voices, the cream of contemporary folk's
vocalists delivered 11 heartstoppingly beautiful selections that include:
Wayfaring Stranger; Silken Dreams (Hills); Redwing Blackbird
/ Black Burning Air (Trad./Ketchum); Waiting for Isabella (Power);
Squalor (Berryman/Berryman); Adios Ciudad (Smith/Hernandez);
Katy Cruel; Requiem for the Giant Trees (McGann); Johnny
Burke (Mercer); Orphans (Hills); and Stars (Harmon).
Woman of a Calm Heart (1987)
Produced by Artie Traum and Scott Petito, this recording
features songs by Ilene Weiss, David Roth, Gregory Simon, Eliza Gilkyson,
Jack Hardy, Kris Kristofferson and Anne Hills. Guest artist Livingston
Taylor joins Anne in a duet for LJ Booth's beautiful Akasha Wind.
Songs include: Woman of a Calm Heart; Akasha
Wind; No Baby; Politicos; Angel in Paradise; Tennessee Road; Porto Limon;
The Child Within; Manuel Garcia; Here Comes That Rainbow Again; Light of
Love.
On This Day The Earth Shall Ring (1985)
Originally released on Hogeye Records, Flying Fish re-released
this still-popular recording of Christmas and midwinter holiday songs.
Featuring Anne Hills as well as Jan Burda, Shinobu Sato, and many others,
the recording remains a perennial holiday favorite.
Don't Panic (1982/1984)
Flying Fish created a double-legnth CD reissue of two
earlier LPs: Anne's solo debut Don't Explain ©1984; and an
earlier duo release The Panic Is On ©1982 by Anne with Jan
Burda. Both recordings were originally released on the Hogeye Records label.
The Panic Is On featured Anne and Jan, with friends,
Art Thieme, Fred Campeau, Paul Breidenbach and others, singing a largely
traditional selection of material along with some early originals from
Anne. Songs originally from The Panic Is On: Long Time Travelin';
The Water is Wide and Wild Geese (Tyson); Dear Companion; Mole in the Ground;
Rambler Gambler; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; While You Sleep (Hills);
Over the Mountain; Hush Little Baby/Father's Lullaby (Hills); and The Panic
is On.
Don't Explain provided a showcase both for Anne's expressive
singing and her gift for finding the best of contemporary folk. Songs
originally from Don't Explain: Two of a Kind (Ims); Rusty Old Red River
(T Henderson); Hound Dog (J Smith & Lee); Donna From Mobile (M Smith);
Rye, New Hampshire (A Calhoun); The Last Day of Pompeii (M Smith); Don't
Explain (Holiday & Herzog Jr); John's Wife (A Calhoun); East Kentucky
Mountains (T Henderson); Johnson (T Paxton); A Shadow Crossing the Land
(Hills).
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by Anne Hills, illustrated by Liz Paxson
Gifted Girls Publications (Book and Cassette)
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Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen
Gadfly Records 235
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Various Artists
Carole Robertson Center for Learning 02
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Jay Ansill
BCN Records 10141
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Anne Hills
Flying Fish 648
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Anne Hills and Cindy
Mangsen
Flying Fish 638
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Various Artists
Philo 1165/66 (a double-CD songwriters' compilation)
This is to singer-songwriter collections what
a posh champagne buffet brunch at a four-star hotel is to a pancake house
breakfast ... Anne Hills provides the title song for the set, "Follow That
Road," filled with eloquently simple poetry, and a memorable chorus tied
neatly in the ribbon of Hills' satin voice. -- Sing
Out! Magazine
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Anne Hills, David Roth, Josh White Jr.,
Kim & Reggie
Harris, Steve Gillette & Cindy
Mangsen
Carole Robertson Center for Learning (cassette
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Anne Hills
Flying Fish 621
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Priscilla
Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy
Mangsen
Flying Fish 546
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Anne Hills
Flying Fish 464
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Various Artists
Flying Fish 605
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Anne Hills / Anne Hills & Jan Burda
Flying Fish 608
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