Artist: Sarah Hiltz Release: Music For December Released: Nov. 29 2011 Genre: Christmas Home: Chatham Ontario
Tracks 1. Just For Now 2. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 3. Christmas Song 4. Still, Still, Still
All tracks performed, recorded and mixed by Sarah Hiltz at home and at Eyrespace Studios in November 2011.
Sarah is emerging as a singularly talented songwriter with a voice all her own. In a modern blend of two classic and very different genres, echoes of Billie Holiday, Joni Mitchell and Feist ring out faintly through the structure of Sarah’s artistry.
Sarah has been busy touring around Canada on different ventures. She often performs with a live band and does many duo shows with her friend Linz R.
Discography 2010 - letters (EP) 2009 - How Many Fires 2003 - Close To Me 2000 - The People Of Chatham Kent
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Artist: Sarah Hiltz EP Release: Letters Year: 2010 (July) Genre: Folk, Jazz Home: Chatham Ontario
Notes:The “Letters” EP was created as a pilot project in July, 2010 as an accompaniment product for a show combining music and spoken word. The intention was to extend it into a full length, fully produced album in the future. All the original package contents (credits, information, handwritten letters) are included in PDF format when you purchase the entire album.
Tracks 01. We Are Gods 02. I am for sound 03. First Nail Hammered 04. Brother 05. Small Town Blues 06. What I Thought 07. I Won’t Cry
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Artist: Sarah Hiltz Release: How Many Fires Year: 2009 Home: Chatham Kent Ontario Canada Style: Acoustic, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary and Folk.
Song List:
01. Strong As Death
02. Thank You Mr. Yorke
03. Homesick
04. You’ll Fall In Love
05. Amnesia
06. Wind And Iron Collide
07. Ultimate Inadequecy
08. You Don’t Know
09. Rosita
10. Maker of Desire
Sarah Hiltz:Vocals, guitar & percussion, Kalimba, Keys. Musicians: Andy Tattersall – Guitar
Bob Hiltz – Bass, Organ
Byron Harrett – Sax, flute
Dan Stronks – Banjo
Franklin Fitz – Choir
Graham Kivell – Piano. Keyboards, Organ
Jeff Johnson – Drums
Jordan Michaelis – Percussion, Drums, Choir. Bowis
Leanne Hessel – Cello
Linz Ross – Choir
Tim Tanner – Drums
Chatham Music Archive Review:
It is not surprising that this is a very rich release from Sarah considering her passion and educated musical background. This release is fresh in that it blends the modern styles with retro vibes. It is experimental, but never crosses the line of becoming strange or lost. Simply put, it is a beautiful and complete work of art. I don’t want to use the words mature when describing music, but Sarah has grown as a musician quickly and is becoming an innovator of our scene.
The best part of the CD is that her vocal styling and voice is original. When you hit play, you know it is Sarah singing. I am really curious and excited to hear what is next for her music. Keep your ear out.
Sarah is very active in the live music scene and is always out there playing. Go see her live and look for the CD.
Shawn.
All Music by Sarah. Produced by: Sarah Hiltz Engineered by: Bob Hiltz, Ass. with Sarah. Mixed and mastered by: Bob Hiltz Photography by: Tim Cooper.
Official Bio:
Drawing comparisons to both Billie Holiday and Feist, musician Sarah Hiltz is a paradoxical blend of old world and modernity. She’s been praised for her ability to tell a story through song, but isn’t afraid to take risks when she performs.
While her tasteful and sometimes unexpected note choices have made Sarah an in demand session vocalist, she is now turning her focus onto her own collection of originals and is in pre-production for her first full-length release. In the meantime, Sarah continues to write and study piano, as well as perform regularly as one half of an acoustic duo.
Sarah has been performing since childhood and composing for almost as long. At the age of thirteen, she won the Chatham-Kent Song Contest to write the official song of Chatham-Kent. Following the competition, she recorded her first independent record of all original tunes and released it in the fall of 2001. In 2004, Sarah’s writing was again recognized when she placed first at the Kiwanis Music festival in the original composition category.
Later that year, Sarah moved to Toronto to study voice at the world-renowned Humber College Jazz Program. At the same time, Sarah was the vocalist for the Jef Kearns Four, a jazz quartet that performed in her hometown, Chatham. She went on to host a weekly jazz evening at the William Street Café in the fall of 2006, leading a quartet under her own name. In no time the evening grew into success, drawing people every Monday night to brave the Canadian cold in favour of warm vocals and hot coffee.
Artist : Sarah Hiltz Home : Chatham Release Title : Close To Me (CD) Music Style : Acoustic Guitar/ Vocal Date : 2003
Musicians :
Sarah Hiltz – Guitars, Vocals
Bob Hiltz – Add.Guitars & Vocals
The Scoop : This was recorded live January 25th 2003 at the William Street Cafe in Chatham. Sarah is making a name for herself on the scene with her beautiful music & modern style.
This demo contains half & half of original material & cover songs. Sarah is the daughter of Bob Hiltz who also appears on this recording & has engineered a large portion of the music coming out of the Chatham Kent & surrounding areas.
Recording credits - Recorded by Nigel Barylewicz & Andy Martin.
Mixed & mastered by Bob Hiltz
Track Listing.
1. Intro 2. Little Did I know 3. Without You
4. Chameleon 5. Orphan Girl 6. All My tears
7. Good Coffee, Strong Coffee 8. So It Goes
9. I Can’t Wait 10. Revelation 11. Wayfaring Stranger
12. Close To Me 13. The Night We Went Walking
14. The Valley 15. Suppertime 16. Girl From Ipanema
17. Amazing Grace 18. Open Arms
