FARMINGTON – The North Church Concert Series is pleased to present a performance by Ruth Hill beginning 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the North Church, 118 High Street, Farmington. Hill will be joined by Amanda Adams (percussion), Hank Washburn (fiddle, mandolin) and Wendy Oakley (harmony vocals).
The evening begins with a dessert social at 6 p.m., along with a Jam Session in the downstairs meeting hall.
Americana/Folk singer-songwriter Ruth Hill has roots that run deep in the New England hills. She accompanies herself expressively on guitar, banjo and mandolin, and you’ll want to lean in even closer when she opens her heart and sings, with her trademark crystal clear voice, from a place of depth and compassion.
Hill grew up in New Hampshire, the third of 10 children, and started singing with her older brother and sister at church and community events when she was just six years old. In eighth grade, under the influence of Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and John Prine, she started playing the guitar and began writing her own songs.
Hill performs her own mix of folk, Americana, blues, and bluegrass. Inspired by the gritty joy of growing up in a large, working-class family, and a wandering spirit that’s taken her to both poles of the globe, she writes songs about real people and her reflections on the world around her.
Hill’s first CD, “The River Beneath Me” was nationally ranked in FolkDJ Top Folk Albums, Songs and Artists of 2011. She is now recording her second professional CD, to be released in January, 2017. The Maine Songwriters Association has just chosen one of Hill’s songs as a finalist in their 2016 annual song-writing contest.
When not performing, writing or recording, she helps her partner raise goats, chickens and vegetables on their farm in the foothills of western Maine.
North Church tickets are $15. $10 for students. For reservations call 207-778-2006.
