On June 28th 2020 I did my first livestream concert to launch my Savage Pilgrims album. (Just press play above to watch it) Since lockdown began I've seen a lot of people do live-streaming with a really mixed…
Jun 30 2020
Jun 24 2020
The lost art of listening
"So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio"
Radio Radio ELVIS COSTELLO
In a world where we are constantly assaulted by visual stimulus through adverts, social media and TV I've been pleasantly surprised…
May 18 2020
Bendigo knew my Grandad - a family legend
For many years now I've been singing a song I wrote based on Arthur Conan Doyle's poem 'Bendy's Sermon'. Last year I appeared on BBC TV's Flog it! to sing the song during a segment they did about Bendigo's life…
May 12 2020
We Shall Overcome Isolation Festival
We Shall Overcome is a movement of musicians and community organisers who are angry about the human costs of austerity policies but who want to do something practical to help those affected. I was one of the people who helped…
Mar 25 2020
Don of the day : A Don Williams cover project
Inspired by Joe Pernice’s series Barely Manilow these are cover versions of songs by country music's gentle giant Don Williams.
Don of the day #1 : Come early morning
Listening to Don can make me feel calm and centred or…
Feb 18 2020
Goodbye Quiet Loner
To mark my 50th birthday in March I have decided, after almost twenty years, to drop the Quiet Loner name and revert to releasing music and performing under my own name Matt Hill.
It feels like the right time…
Dec 16 2019
Quiet Loner : Review of the year 2019
Looking back on 2019 I’ve done fewer gigs than I normally play, but there have been some real highlights. I’ve picked ten things of note that happened this year. Nine were really great, the tenth is not so good, but…
Dec 10 2019
I need this like a hole in the head.
A musician reflects on living with Semi-circular/Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS)
A few years ago I started to notice a change in my hearing. Weird stuff started happening. One day I realised the strange scratching noise I kept hearing was…
Sep 3 2019
Glasgow Songwriting Festival
Aug 22 2019
Singing on BBC TV – Flog it!
About two years ago I filmed an episode of BBC TV’s ‘Flog it!’, to be honest I was beginning to think it would never see the light of day, but it finally aired on BBC One recently.
I was asked…
May 10 2019
Peterloo 200th – new shows with Tracey Browne
May 10 2019
