During my high school days, I saw The Cure perform in Jacksonville, FL during their “Wish” tour. That night Read the rest of this entry »
We love Corey Hart here at IntotheHill. So much so in fact that despite the torrent of treachery and cuss from the Old Man last month we bundled and huddled and skidded through a blizzard to meet him for a fireside chat. Read the rest of this entry »
Andy Zipf in a word: intimate. No matter the venue, no matter the volume, it’s always a living room. “We’re all in this together,” he says. And he means it. Where the show-worthy stalwart’s previous tours have been the feather — acoustic and Read the rest of this entry »
New Year’s day came especially early for Into The Hill this year. With no chance of any of us getting enough sleep to be beautiful, we began it with a session in my apartment. There was a knock on the door at 08:00. Andrew Crandall, long time friend of the crew and native Dubuquer was in town from Minneapolis for just a few hours. Read the rest of this entry »
The morning of Session #4 was something awful getting started, camera batteries dying and extension cords failing, but when the burley gusts of the grim reaper started ripping through my hair, all the turmoil was worth it. For in the call of a sailor lost to the weather something serious was to be said.
Nate Jenkins would say it. Let me introduce him. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul. There’s something about Paul that’s different. Besides being as cozy as a cup of cocoa in the hands of a loved one on a Christmas hearth, he’s got this extra homestyle, relax and roll with it even through a nuclear war ambiance that’s all his own. Not just everyone would plop a busted chair on an oriental rug in the belly of a steeple, call out some chords to a head bobbing bassist, and participate in what the organist is calling “real swampy.” Read the rest of this entry »
