SCOTTY HILLS
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ABOUT
Scotty Hills is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, BC. Over his storied career, Scott has toured North America and Europe as an artist and drummer. As a songwriter, he has been nominated for a Juno Award, a Polaris prize, and has won a WCMA. Scotty was raised on AM radio soul and country, has made his mark in blues music, and has written for pop/rn'b for artists like Rihanna, in some of the worlds best studios.
Scotty has written with, opened for, or has shared the stage or studio with some incredible artists including Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf), Jodi Williams (Muddy Waters), Chuck Berry, Tegan and Sarah, Illangelo (The Weekend), Shaun Verreault, ReignWolf, Big Dave McLean, The Perpetrators, Chicago Bluesman Nigel Mack, Taj Mahal, Jerrod Bettis (Adele/One Republic), Deputy (Rihanna), Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars, Hailey Reinhart and many more.
Scotty's explores his golden hour sound, on the soon to be released album "Ok, Love You, Bye", which comes out this August. Stay tuned for a pre-release announcement.
PRESS
It brims over with a funky, breezy, soulful charisma, and finds Scotty very impressively handling most of the instruments (and songwriting) himself. Most strikingly, though, it's the voice! Names like Sam Cooke, Ron Sexsmith, Stevie Wonder, Junior Parker, or even Feist may come to mind occasionally, but Scotty remains effortlessly original throughout.
CKUA Radio
Scotty Hills's debut scores with an earthy sophistication that's a throwback to an era decades ago, when real musicianship, melodies and lyrics dominated the AM. To say that his recording sounds dated couldn't be further from the truth, however, as his inspired concoction of blue-eyed soul, country twang and straight-up guitar pop manages to be timeless and quite contemporary at the same time.
FFWD Magazine
His is a sponge-like approach: The Saskatoon native sails effortlessly between jazz, folk, country and blues. But soul music is the best description of what he does
Times Columnist