Canadian singer songwriter Veda Hille’s enchanting new album ‘This Riot Life’ is widely hailed as her best yet.
In this podcast, Veda takes us on a tour through the albums songs and explains her ideas and thoughts behind the recordings.
Some of the songs from the album are based around hymns, and Veda explains, how going through her Grandmothers hymn book was a truly great source of inspiration.

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Posted by steve at April 29th, 2008 6:58 am | 5 Comments »
Ape has commissioned New York animator Eun-Ha Paek from the Milky Elephant collective to make a video for Veda Hilles song ‘Queen Of The May’ from her album ‘Return Of The Kildeer’.
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The animation is an emotive interpretation of the song and Eun-Ha’s work has been screened at many festivals and venues in the USA, including the New York Expo of Short Film and Video and the UCLA Film and Television archive.
Eun-Ha has also had an animation for “Simple Song’ included in the Residents Commercial Album DVD
Posted by steve at July 4th, 2007 1:41 pm | 1 Comment »