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    <description><![CDATA[Part cabaret torch singer, part thoughtful country songwriter and part classical pianist. Hilary Grist draws on her many influences and pens playful folk-pop songs with infectious melodies and heart felt lyrics.  At  once wistful and wise, her songs have been called 'old fashioned gems'.  One moment, a slow dance to something beautiful and romantic, the next, a polka infused witty vignette.  This girl wears it all on her sleeve with unselfconscious warmth.

A musician since the age of four, Hilary Grist grew up in Maple Ridge, B.C. singing along to the Beatles in the family station wagon, playing piano and writing her own little songs when no one was home. At 17 she was accepted into the renowned Jazz Studies Program at Capilano College in North Vancouver where she studied voice and piano.  After a brief stint of performing jazz professionally after graduating, Hilary hung up her black cocktail dress and returned to exploring her songwriting.

Hilary's first EP, 'On My Way', was recorded with John Raham (The Be Good Tanyas, Kinnie Starr, Po' Girl) and released in 2005.  Hilary, on vocals, piano, rhodes and guitar was joined by a stellar cast of some of Vancouver's finest musicians: guitarist Dave Sikula (The Inhabitants, Crash), bassist Patrick Metzger (Headwater, Plough), and drummer Dan Gaucher (Rabnett 5, Doppler Defect).   

The singles, "On My Way" and "This is the Year" from her EP have been in high rotation and charted in the top 30 on college radio stations across Canada such as: CiTR 101.9 FM and CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver, CHLY 101.7 FM in Nanaimo, CFBX 92.5 FM in Kamloops, CFBU 103.7 MHz in St. Catherines, CIUT 89.5 MHz in Toronto and CILU 102.7 FM in Thunder Bay.

Hilary's songs have also been featured on CBC radio programs such as 'North by Northwest'.  They have received plenty of web streaming and podcasts and have been performed live on CJSF 90.1FM in Vancouver.  The song, "This is the Year" was chosen for a CD compilation of local artists in support of the Cates for Cancer charity.  Her work has been recognized in the Canadian music industry through two successful Factor funding grants and a 2008 showcase at the New Music West festival in Vancouver. 

Hilary is currently home from a Western Canadian tour with Christa Couture and Sara Ciantar and in the studio wrapping up the recording of her much anticipated first full length album with producer Mike Southworth (Wade Morissette, Warren Flandez, The Feminists).  She has just released a new limited edition pre-release EP called 'Stick of Dynamite' for sale at her live shows.     
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