FARMINGTON — The North Church Concert Series will present a performance by Ruth Hill at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at 118 High St.
Hill will be joined by Amanda Adams (percussion), Hank Washburn (fiddle and mandolin) and Wendy Oakley (harmony and vocals).
There will be a jam session and dessert social at 6 p.m. in the downstairs meeting hall.
Hill, an Americana/folk singer-songwriter, has roots that run deep in the New England hills. She accompanies herself expressively on guitar, banjo and mandolin. The crowd will 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 6 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, set for release in January 2017. The Maine Songwriters Association recently chose one of Hill’s songs as a finalist in its 2016 annual songwriting 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.
Tickets are $15, $10 for students. For reservations, call 207-778-2006.
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