Sylvie Hill

Mustaches For Kids’ Ottawa Chapter of 100 growers raised a whopping $32,000 this year for the Make a Wish Eastern Ontario. A boost of more than $12,000 from 2008, the 2009 grand total is thanks to the big efforts of growers and the gracious donations from so many friends, family, coworkers and supporters! A big [...]

The University of Ottawa’s Undergraduate English Students’ Association has warmly invited Sylvie to be part of a panel discussion on Wednesday, November 25 about career options open to students with English degrees. Check back with the NEWS section, here, for more information.

Check out Sylvie’s cover story feature in The Ottawa XPress on Ottawa’s folk scene and the upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards Gala. 2009 Awards Gala in Ottawa, Ontario The fifth annual Canadian Folk Music awards gala will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Dominion Chalmers Church, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario (corner of [...]

Ottawa’s amazing Roots Music / Americana / Country musicians The Brothers Chaffey have finished recording their new album with Ken Friesen (the Sadies/Tragically Hip) and it is available now! CD available in Ottawa at Compact Music. SHOWS: 13 Nov 2009 20:30 Blacksheep (Bushpilots CD release) Wakefield, Quebec 20 Nov 2009 21:00 Royal Oak (Canal/Echo Drive) [...]

Check out the News section to find out what Shotgun was saying this time years ago…

I once again hosted the annual Mustaches for Kids’ “Sweetest ’Stache Bash Finale” on Friday, December 5th at Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York Street in Ottawa, where close to 75 men, sporting mustaches for charity, strutted their stuff to win the sweetest ‘stache sash for 2008. Local photographer, Paul Galipeau, took photos of this year’s growers, [...]

The Ottawa XPress – October 9, 2008 Different strokes Willis talkin’ about the new, cut Grass The members of East Coast band The Grass have more in common with their ’60s role models than the inventive musical style and eclectic fashions. Add low- or no-paying jobs, commune living and recreational drug use, followed by friction [...]

The Ottawa XPress – September 11, 2008 CALL OF THE WILD: Moose & Pussy: Dirty, gritty, literary The definition of “erotica” has been recycled more times than a cum rag. It’s been cleaned up and academicized to appease prudes, romanticized to placate suburbanites and disguised to mean anything that’s not porn. That’s why you’ll love [...]

The Ottawa XPress – August 14, 2008 THE O-TOWN HOEDOWN: Not Bad Country for Good Men and Women Like a rhinestone cowboy, local gem Greg Harris corrals a star-studded line up for fans and bands alike at the annual O-Town Hoedown Ask people what kind of music they like and what’s the standard reply? Anything [...]

For the current issue of Guerilla Magazine, Sylvie interviews Dan Allaston, tattooist and owner of New Moon Tattoo. He’s been a jack of all trades and a free bird on the open road, he calls himself a procrastinator and a bad employee, but tattoo artist Dan Allaston has combined artistic talent with sound business sense [...]