(April 22, 2008) 5-song CD E.P. is recorded!.

Wow! What a marathon extra long weekend. We put in a lot of hours recording five songs for our upcoming EP release for later this summer. We're pretty excited! Check out some pictures from the recording session. Now it's off to mixing and mastering. We'll keep you posted on a release date and a CD release party.

(March 6, 2008) Hello again... New bass player for Arbra Hill.. Record new tunes..

Yes it has been far too long, but we have been very busy since the last update. We've written a pile of new tunes and our sound has certainly taken a new direction. So much so, we're planning to record a demo in early April. As soon as we're done, we'll post some new tunes. We're pretty excited about the new sound. Also to reflect the new "sound" we our going to re-brand with a new website shortly, so enjoy this one while you can.
We also have a new bass player and vocalist - Annaka Koldyk. We're thrilled to have Annaka as she adds some solid bass playing skills and rounds out some three-part harmonies. Beautiful! Leigh Fischer (our last bass player) left to pursue his heavy metal interests. Good luck, Leigh.

(November 5, 2007) Last gig for a while!

Hey, sorry about the short notice. We have a gig at Dylan O'Connors on Thursday. See GIGS. Our webmaster has been a bit of a lazy-ass lately. After this gig, we're going on song sabbatical - so to speak. We've been playing a lot, but now it's time to focus on writing some new songs and working out the kinks on others. We'll let you know when we're playing next and we hope to have a new tune or two on the site. Check back often!

(October 9, 2007) Arbra Hill to close out the Brewno Awards!

The Brewnos started out as tongue-and-cheek fun spirited jab at the 2005 Juno Awards in Winnipeg, but has quickly turned into an annual celebration of local music. This year, Arbra Hill is going to close out the show with a few tunes plus a clever twist on an old classic rock tune. Which one? You'll have to come out to hear for yourself. See our GIGS for more info.

(September 12, 2007) Arbra Hill to play at city's coolest new live music venue: The Academy The Freehouse venue in Osborne Village is back and better than ever as The Academy Food Drinks Music! Arbra Hill is one of the first few bands booked to play the trendy location at the corner of Osborne and Stradbrook in late-October. See GIGS for more info.

(August 28, 2007) Arbra Hill plays benefit gig

On Friday September 7, 2007, Arbra Hill is playing at a social to help a friend support her dad while he waits for heart surgery. He is unable to work and the bills are piling up. The social is taking place at the St. Louis Centre in St. Boniface - 445 Tissot Steet. Tickets are just $10. If you want to order yours in advance, just drop us a line hello@arbrahill.com and we'll arrange to shoot you some tix.... Please come out and see us play for a great cause!

(August 16, 2007) We're going "Crazy!"

Hey everyone, if you need tickets to the September film screening of "On the Edge of Crazy" at the Park Theatre on Osborne St. South, please let us know, and we'll gitcha' some. Arbra Hill is providing the music for the soundtrack and we'll also be performing at the Winnipeg screenings. Tickets are $10 for any of the three nights (Sept. 13-15). Email us at hello@arbrahill.com if you want to buy yours in advance.

Doors open at 7pm. We play at 7:30 pm, then the movie goes from 8:30 pm til about 10. It really is a fabulous comedy. We're in a self-imposed exile working on the soundtrack for it - which has been a lot of work, but very rewarding.

(July 15, 2007) Here we grow again!

Hey everybody! We’ve grown again... Genevieve Levasseur the newest and final addition to Arbra Hill. We’re thrilled to have her! Gen is a vocalist/guitarist who also plays a mean flute. We’re rehearsing like crazy to get Gen up to speed on our tunes so you can see and hear how cool she is in the band. Look for Gen to make her first appearance during one of our Fringe Festival gigs.

(July 4, 2007) Five at the Fringe!

Okay...We've been booked for another date at Fringe. See GIGS. We're now playing FIVE times on the coolest outdoor summer stage in the city. Hope to see you out!

(June 27, 2007) Arbra Hill Celebrates Canada Day in Osborne Villiage

Arbra Hill will be playing outdoors on Canada Day at the Osborne Villiage Canada Day Festival. It's cool: the street is closed down to pedestrians and there is an outdoor stage at the corner of River and Osborne. We go on at 4 pm July 1, 2007. Oh Canada!!!!

(June 16, 2007) Arbra Hill at the movies

Arbra Hill is currently writing tunes for a soundtrack for independent film producer/director, Ryan Souter's upcoming film, "On The Edge of Crazy." The film will be screened at the Park Theatre September 13-15, 2007. Along with the screening of the film, the band will play the songs it wrote for the movie soundtrack. If you haven't been to the Park Theatre yet, what are ya' waiting for! Check it out parktheatre.com

(June 12, 2007) See Arbra Hill this summer outdoors!

Grab your lawn chairs or beach blankets, because we have a lot of outdoor summer GIGS! Check our GIGS section for dates and times!

(June 10, 2007) Arbra Hill says "goodbye" to Chuck and "hello" to Frank!

If you were at the Winnipeg Pride festival earlier today, then you heard the news. Our long-time guitarist/vocalist, Andrew Morden (a.k.a. Chuck)  played his last gig as a full-time member today after almost 5 years with the band. It was a great show, though, and we were glad to send him off in style! All we can say is - thanks so much for all the good times, Chucky!  ...and who knows? He may join us live for a few songs now and then...

On that note, we're proud to welcome our new guitarist, Frank Rizzuto into the band. Frank is a super-talented player, who's been teaching "geetar" for years. He's a seasoned performer and has a great groove goin' on. We look forward to playing with him - and he'll definitely be busy since we have a ton of gigs coming up. His first show with us will be at Dylan O'Connors (location TBA) on Wednesday, June 20th at 9 p.m.






(June 5, 2007) Evolution of Note charts on Toronto radio

Arbra Hill's new CD, Evolution of Note, has cracked the Top 15 at CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto.

The University of Toronto station has a huge reach: transmitting across southern Ontario to places like Barrie, Kitchener and Cobourg - and even Buffalo, New York. It appears the station's influence is working. Arbra Hill is popping up in the blogs of new Ontario fans like The Gadfli (gadfli.blogspot.com). Their music is also being played on CBC Radio Toronto, another influential station in the area.

Evolution of Note was officially released in late April and is receiving nation-wide attention in both radio and print. You can help us out by getting anyone in the Toronto area to request us on CIUT. Email music director Ron Burd at r_burd@ciut.fm - or call him weekdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Toronto time at 416-978-0909.

If you'd like to check out CIUT's charts, Click here: Earshot Charts!

(March 20, 2007) Evolution of Note added to medium-rotation on Atlantic radio.

Oh yes, it's true. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia radio station 95.5 FM "The Wave" (CJLS) has picked up Arbra Hill's music.  We are ecstatic!

This Saturday, March 24th, we will be featured on DJ Wade Cleveland's morning show at approx. 9-9:30 a.m. Atlantic Time (or here in Manitoba at 7-7:30 a.m.).  Live streaming audio is available through their website at www.cjls.com Be sure to listen!  They are also adding us to medium rotation, meaning we will get 8-10 spins a week, starting next week. Here's where YOU come in. If you are from, or know anyone in  the Yarmouth area, get them to tune in on Saturday morning and request our music! 

1-800-496-2557 open line
1-902-742-7175 main office

And oh yeah..."The Wave" also transmits in the counties of Shelburne  (96.3 FM) and Digby (93.5 FM).  If you have any peeps there, get 'em to pass on the props to the station!

(March 5, 2007) CBC Radio distribute "Evolution of Note" Across the country

We sent a copy "Evolution of Note" to CBC in Toronto with the hope of picking up some airplay. After giving our disc a spin, CBC asked us for 30 additional copies of "Evolution of Note" to distribute to their radio stations across the country, complete with a little write-up to their programmers.

So, no matter where you are in Canada, call your local CBC station and request Arbra Hill!