Feb 26 2021
I'm currently finishing up a 17 track song cycle called The Book of Ours. It's all based on medieval illuminated manuscripts. Years ago the wealthy used to commission these posh books and songs about themselves and how holy they were…
Feb 16 2021
WHISPER TO ME ALONE
Last year I worked on a project with arts organisation arthur + martha. We worked in partnership with two Manchester homelessness support charities - The Booth Centre and Back on Track - and created artwork with…
Dec 6 2020
Print magazines are sadly falling away and whilst I use online sources myself - and there are many excellent online music magazines - there is a special place in my heart for the printed word.
So I was delighted to…
Jun 30 2020
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 24 2020
"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
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 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
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
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
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
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
