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Erin’s harp cover gets a repair on Staten Island

With all the gigging that my Camac electric harp does, its cover really takes a beating, so I headed over to Staten Island to have my ace repairman, David Taylor, work on V’ger’s cover. David’s company is Island Style Marine

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Erin plays the harp at Marble Church, NYC

Today I played the harp at Marble Church in Manhattan for their Irish luncheon, in honor of St. Patty’s Day this week. I’ve been a harpist and singer at Marble Church many times before, and it’s always a pleasure to …

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St. Patrick’s Day party at a Long Island home

I played the harp and sang for a great St. Patrick’s Day party at the home of a client in Stonybrook, Long Island, NY. It was the Thursday of St. Patty’s week, and I started by playing solo harp, then …

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Flat tire on the way to a wedding – in the snow!

Yep, today I was on the way to play the harp and sing for a wedding ceremony at the Mother Cabrini Shrine church on Fort Washington Avenue in NYC, and I got a flat tire! This is actually the first …

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Harp for an engagement party in Manhattan

Here’s a photo from an engagement party that I played for in Manhattan at the Skyline Hotel. I loved the retro lighting fixtures in the room where the cocktail hour was! The couple is a really special pair — I …

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Erin plays harp & sings for a party on Long island

I played the harp and sang for the 80th birthday party of a wonderful lady this past weekend, at her family’s home on Long Island. It was such a lovely group of people, and in addition to the people, my …

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Erin back at Finn MacCool’s with her harp

Back with my harp to lovely Finn MacCool’s in Port Washington in the month of St. Patrick’s Day! (as you can tell from the decorations).  How did it get to be March already? I played a newly memorized one, “Girl …

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MacLeod in the snow

I played several really great gigs since Saturday (two on the harp, and one just singing), and I will get those photos together, but today was a 13-hour day, and the gig photos will have to wait til tomorrow… in …

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MacLeod and his love of the harp

Yes, it’s true — MacLeod the Westie loves music, he is a huge fan. And his favorite instrument is definitely the harp. Sometimes he hides somewhere in the house, and won’t make a peep no matter how much you call …

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“Here Comes the Sun” Beatles cover on solo harp

Another song perfect for a snowy day! I just posted my solo harp arrangement of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” on Soundcloud, and you can listen to it here. I first worked up my arrangement of this song …

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Radiohead’s “Black Star” on Harp & Voice

I have a new song to share with you! I recorded my version of “Black Star” by Radiohead on harp & vocals and drum loop. You can listen to it here on SoundCloud. When I played the song live …

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Harpist Erin Hill wins Best of Weddings on The Knot!

And in both my regions, no less! In the category of Wedding Harpists, I won Best of Weddings in Manhattan, New York City, and Best of Weddings on Long Island. They actually sent me a plaque, which was pretty cool. …

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a snowy harp day in NYC…

I had two harp gigs today in the latest NYC blizzard… I played this morning at Finn MacCool’s in Port Washington, NY from noon to 3, and if any of you think that’s not morning, then you don’t know me …

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new postcard for Bijules reception with Harp

Here’s a nice new postcard for the Bijules event I’m playing tomorrow! It lists “Harpist Erin Hill” and “The Black Soft” — we’ll both be playing at the closing reception for jewelry designer Jules Kim’s latest pop-up jewelry event in …

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another Bijules event with harp on Feb 24th!

I’m excited to be playing the harp for another Bijules event — this one is on Tuesday, Feb. 24th at the W Hotel in Times Square. There will be one other musical guest, The Black Soft, who I’m psyched …

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MacLeod the Westie, on “Girl Inventor”

Many of you may have noticed the dashing west highland terrier in the photo with me on my erinhill.com banner… Well, that is MacLeod! He appears on the cover of my Girl Inventor album (in animated form), and was my …

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Irish Harp for Valentine’s weekend at Finn MacCool’s

On Sunday Feb. 15th, I played at Finn MacCool’s in Port Washington, NY on Long Island. Finn’s is a wonderful Irish restaurant and bar. My dear friend Marge Fitts plays there regularly on Sundays from noon to 3 PM, and …

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Harp for Valentine’s Day on Long Island

I had a wonderful time playing harp on Long Island for Valentine’s Day at Taste 99, the restaurant at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale, NY. Everyone was so nice there, not only the staff and management, but also …

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More Wieden + Kennedy harp photos

Tomorrow I will write about the rest of my Valentine’s weekend exploits, but I’m just back home from an entire weekend full of gigs, so I will quickly share a couple more photos from my harp gig on Friday the …

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Erin plays harp at Wieden + Kennedy in Manhattan

I had a great time playing harp today at the advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy for their Valentine’s Day party. The first exciting thing that happened when I brought my harp in was that I saw — puppies! Yes, they’re …

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