A seasoned performer with a fan base in North America, Asia and Europe, James Hill has garnered wide acclaim for his ground-breaking approach to a chronically-underestimated instrument. Over the course of his first three genre-defying albums – Playing it like it isn’t… (2002), On the Other Hand (2003) and A Flying Leap (2006) – he re-wrote every rule that had previously kept the ukulele in the realm of novelty and obscurity. Then came the Canadian-Folk-Music-Award-winning True Love Don’t Weep (2009), his collaboration with cellist/singer Anne Janelle Davison, an album that pushed the budding singer/songwriter into new territory, topped folk radio charts in North America and opened doors to festival stages across the continent.

Man With a Love Song (2011), reached a new plateau yet again. “An album for troubled times,” wrote TRAD magazine, “joie de vivre, tenderness and musical perfection.” “Stellar,” proclaimed Exlaim! Magazine, “A fantastic album from a man who makes songwriting seem effortless.” Seemingly overnight, Hill had made the delicate transition from instrumentalist to songwriter.

A singer, songwriter, educator and virtuoso instrumentalist, James Hill is a man on a musical mission. It’s a mission that reaches beyond the concert stage and into communities, homes and classrooms around the world. After all, when the applause fades and the stage goes dark you can still hear the sound of ukuleles strumming happily into the night…

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