Rick Hill

A group of acoustic musicians (Todd C. Walker, Tomy Wright, Rod Deacy and Doug Alan Wilcox) is creating an umbrella organization for acoustic musicians in and around Frederick County.  FAME (Frederic Acoustic Music Enterprise) will be a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing, promoting and preserving original and traditional acoustic music of all genres.  Our goals will be

(a) To nurture, promote and preserve original and traditional acoustic music of all genres in Frederick and Frederick County…

We are finally settled in Maryland! Frederick is, apparently, a good place for singer/songwriters. I am finding a number of good venues including Frederick Coffee Company and Frederick Cellars. I played as part of songwriters showcase AT Frederick coffee Company on Sunday, Jan. 17. Great to hear other songwriters!

Another week and a half, seems hard to believe. We are slwoly getting everything relocated to Thurmont, MD. I plan on being there full time beginning January 1. Two more carloads!

My new CD is finally here! It will take a little while to get it to CDBaby, but you can order yours today! Simply send a chck for $16 for each copy you would like to Rick Hill, PO Box 237, Schoharie, NY 12157 I will have it for downloads shortly.

My new CD "Everything Changes" will be out by Nov. 25. Several interesting cuts: "The Honeymoon Suite" on which I play two hammered dulcimers (ah, the magic of technology) harmonizing with each other. Tom Wadsworth is playing bagpipes on "Wexford Lament" which is a fiddle tune that I put words to. I play hammered dulcimer on "The Bells" an Edgar Allan Poe poem put to music by Phil Ochs.

I will be spending several days at Forest Lake Camp doing performances, workshops and calling a dance. The workshops will use music and recreation to help kids develop leadership skills.

"Everything Changes" is pretty much finished. I am now working on "Daily Bread" a song about an old inner-city man whose house is being torn down to make room for a freeway entry ramp. Other songs being considered for the CD include "Candle in the Darkness", "Emma" "Isaiah's Dream" and "Wexford Lament." Tom white is doing the recording at Wizmak Studios in Middleburgh.

I have begun laying down tracks for a new CD (Finally!). The recording is being done at Wizmak Studios in Middleburgh NY. Many of you folks have asked for "Everything Changes" so that is the first song. The project is scheduled to be completed by August.