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Dan in the news!!! The FYI Music News Bulletin

November 2, 2020 by Dan Hill
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FYI Music News

Nov 02, 2020 by David Farrell 

Dan Hill has signed a record deal with WMG-partnered  US label Sun and Sky Records in a deal brokered by good friend Paul Farberman. Dan writes the column to say: “I recorded this 14-song album over the past 4 months,” using the covid lockdown to “immerse myself in the recording process without distraction.”  He adds that he’s been asked by several people in the media to comment on “the intense racial divide devastating our world and rather than do an interview I wrote ‘What About Black Lives’ as I found this topic too searingly emotional to talk about.  Songwriting is always easier for me than say, pontificating on any particular subject.”
‘What about Black lives’ will be released as his first single in four weeks, with a worldwide release on the album in Feb. The single is his first since In Your Eyes was released in 1994. 

Winner of a Grammy (as co-producer of Seduces Me on Celine Dion’s 30 plus million-selling Falling Into You album), the winner of five Juno Awards has had his songs covered by a long list of singers that include Britney Spears, 98 Degrees, The Backstreet Boys, Rod Stewart, Michael Bolton, Barry Manilow, Tina Turner, George Benson, and Jeffrey Osborne, Tammy Wynette, Reba, and Alan Jackson. As of 2015, Hill’s songs have reportedly sold over 100M copies.

Continue reading the full article here:

https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2020/11/02/fyi-news-bulletin

Great Hall Photo Series

July 18, 2016 by Janine Stoll
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Dan Hill Photographed in The Great Hall in Toronto by Lisa MacIntosh for her series of musicians. Photo Credit: Lisa MacIntosh Photography.

Philippines Shows

February 1, 2016 by Janine Stoll
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Dan Hill Performs in the Philippines: read article and see photos of performance

www.easyrock.com.ph/news/dan-hills-pre-valentine-concert-brings-sound-to-the-love-season/

Intimate

October 14, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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Enjoy Dan’s Title track Intimate on soundcloud.


Many thanks

September 6, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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“Just a quick post to thank you for your support and birthday wishes, and to let you know I am taking a break. As many of you know, I have recently faced some staggering losses: deaths of family members and close friends, including my beloved sister, Karen. So I’ve decided to take some time to heal and to work on some creative projects. Meanwhile, thanks again for your love and support. Be well.” Dan Hill

“…Only love can do that”

July 17, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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Dr. King Jr’s message is my message to everyone out there, who cares, who has love and lost or lost and then loved. hope, kindness, forgiveness, and yes, love is all that matters.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Maclean’s article

July 4, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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Read Dan Hill’s Maclean’s article celebrating the life of his sister Karen. Watch his latest video “Still A lot of You Around Here”

“On March 23, 2014, I was in Nashville, Tenn., writing songs with my friend, multiple Grammy Award winner Keith Stegall. We were writing in hopes of placing some of our songs on the new Alan Jackson album. Keith discovered Alan, who is now a country music superstar, his worldwide record sales surpassing 70 million albums. Keith and I had two great days of writing behind us. At 12:30 a.m., I returned to my room. I felt good. I’m no longer a drinker, and my mind was clear, but between eight intense miles of hill running and banging out three songs with Keith, my body cried out for sleep. Usually I don’t check emails before I go to bed. That night, I broke my rule. One email; from my younger brother, Lawrence.” more…

For Dan Hill the Choice Was Obvious

May 12, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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(Graham Rockingham, The Hamilton Spectator)

Dan Hill’s phone rang 10 minutes before he was to go on stage. It was a doctor, informing him he had prostate cancer.

“The urologist called me at 10-to-8 on Oct. 11, 2011 in Cambridge, Ontario,” the Grammy winning Toronto singer-songwriter says. “You know you’re in trouble when your urologist calls you on your cellphone on a Saturday night. You know it’s bad. I had just had a biopsy. He got back to me within 72 hours of it.”

A decision had to be made quickly on whether he would undergo surgery.

“I said, ‘Fine I want this thing out of my body. Give me the surgery.’

“Then he says, ‘If you get the surgery, you’ll never sing again.’

“I said, ‘Fine, I’ll never sing again. I choose life.’

“I marched on stage and sang like I would never sing again.”

It’s a story, Hill has been telling a lot lately, mostly at benefit shows to raise funds for cancer research, like he’ll be doing with hockey great Paul Henderson Tuesday night at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel.

Hill, 59, and Henderson, 72, are both cancer survivors (Henderson was diagnosed with a form of leukemia several years ago).

Hill had his prostate removed, and, despite the doctor’s warning, rebounded from the surgery without losing his ability to sing. Without going into details, the inability to sing following prostate surgery has more to do with incontinence than vocal chords. Hill, however, can still hit those high C notes without embarrassment.

“You have to learn to retrain your body,” explains Hill, an avid long-distance runner since his teens. “One of the reasons I was able to, is because I was in good shape from running 10 miles a day. My body was strong and easily trainable.”

Hill, best known for his international ’70s hit, Sometimes When We Touch, intends to sing some songs as well as talk at Tuesday’s fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, including a new one, The Slightest Difference, which he wrote during his cancer battle.

Hill now calls himself “a lucky guy,” but he’s grateful for his lifesaving surgery and is aware that advances in cancer treatment can only come with money.

“The cures are getting better all the time,” Hill says. “Unfortunately the way it works in this world, is that a lot of research money comes from donations. One of the things I did is bequeath a large part of my will to the cancer society.

“What I ask of people coming to this event, is for things to get even better, we have to give money. It saves lives.”

I Am My Father’s Son video

April 20, 2014 by Janine Stoll
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Featured Video “I Am My Father’s Son” Can you relate to these lyrics? Please share. Thank YOU.





What’s new for Dan in 2014

December 19, 2013 by Janine Stoll
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VIDEO – What’s new for Dan in 2014? Dan shares some exciting upcoming things for 2014!





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