Hill and The Sky Heroes

Hill and the Sky Heroes www.myspace.com/hill Hill Kourkoutis is an award-winning songwriter, musician, performer, producer and filmmaker with her roots planted in Toronto, Canada. Kourkoutis’ musical history began with formal training with the Royal Conservatory of Music Canada in guitar, piano and vocal performance. As an accomplished musician, she also plays bass and drums. Hill was a part of an array of musical projects, including the alternative/pop/rock duo Drowning Girl, that allowe...

Hill and the Sky Heroes www.myspace.com/hill Hill Kourkoutis is an award-winning songwriter, musician, performer, producer and filmmaker with her roots planted in Toronto, Canada. Kourkoutis’ musical history began with formal training with the Royal Conservatory of Music Canada in guitar, piano and vocal performance. As an accomplished musician, she also plays bass and drums. Hill was a part of an array of musical projects, including the alternative/pop/rock duo Drowning Girl, that allowed her to release multiple records and tour before pursuing her current solo project, “Hill and the Sky Heroes”. As a live session musician, Kourkoutis has also had the honour of playing guitar, bass and/or keyboards for Tara Slone (formerly of Joydrop/Rockstar: INXS), Simon Wilcox, Graph Nobel, Hunter Valentine and Andrea Wasse, to name a few. This collective of pursuits granted her the opportunity to tour North America, receive radio play both on independent and standard radio and led to appearances on television. As a songwriter, Kourkoutis is the recipient of multiple awards (Canadian Radio Star Award, International Songwriting Competition and the USA Songwriting competition). She has also had the opportunity to take part in writing camps (Canadian Idol, SAC) and she continues to write for up and coming artists. Kourkoutis has had the opportunity to work alongside some of Canada’s most diverse and respected writers including Lisa Dalbello (Patti Labelle/Heart/Duran Duran), Rob Wells (Backstreet Boys/Olivia Newton-John/Cyndi Lauper), Jeff Dalziel (Prozzak/Edwin), Robbie Patterson (Snow/Billy Klippert), Simon Wilcox (Three Days Grace/Projet Orange), Stuart Cameron (Shaye/Amanda Marshall), Martin “Doc” McKinney (Esthero, Hawksley Workman), Tino Zolfo (Soul Decision), Adrian Eccleston (Nelly Furtado/Kylie Minogue), Martha Johnson (of Martha and the Muffins) and Mark Makoway (Moist/Sarah Slean), to name a few. Her co-writes have also been recorded by up and coming artists such as Hunter Valentine, Dane Hartsell, Katelyn Dawn and Mercy the Sexton. Most recently, Kourkoutis has branched out from being a songwriter and live musician and began producing demos or full length records for artists such as Drowning Girl, Graph Nobel, Hunter Valentine, Mercy the Sexton, Gwendolyn Lewis and various other projects in development. In addition to her musical ventures, at the age of sixteen Kourkoutis was hired to play in “No Man’s Land” as the silent but insightful drummer Megan, on the hit teen series “Radio Free Roscoe” (Noggin/The Family Channel). This experience supported by childhood desire to capture the absurdities and stories of life on film propelled Kourkoutis towards her studies at Ryerson University where she completed a BFA in Film Studies. Before graduating, Hill signed on as a director with Toronto-based production company The Field and has since directed music videos for such artists as Tara Slone, Serena Ryder, Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams and Mother Mother. Hill continues to progress and thrive in both music and film industries in the pursuit of uncovering the mysteries of life and the struggle with being human. Stay tuned for the best is yet to come. Management Contact: Bonnie Fedrau SoStarStruck! 416-818-0493 bonnie@sostarstruck.com Instrumentation Hill Kourkoutis: vocals/guitars/bass/piano/synth/organ/drums - the sky heroes are various sidemen and women Discography Hill and the Sky Heroes "Humania(c)" - (TBA) Drowning Girl "Bang!" re-release (2007) Drowning Girl "New Demos" (2007) HiLL "Bang!" (2006) HiLL "Blue" EP (2004) Links http://www.myspace.com/hill