After many years in the
business, awards, hit records and her position within UK Country music you
might think that Kezia Gill can relax and take things easy, but what she
actually does is keep on growing and developing into an even better version of
herself. However success can be measured
– appearances at Country 2 Country, a sold out headline tour, a show on Radio 2
– there is still more out there for Kezia, and it is all certainly well
deserved.
With her latest single
release – House On The Hill – Kezia acknowledges many of the things that she
has achieved - travelling the world, seeing amazing sights, but at heart she is
still a hometown girl. This who know her
personally know that the hometown is Derby and her anchor is husband
Lloyd. If you don’t know her personally,
the song actually spells it out for you.
The House On The Hill in the title is literally the home she shares with
Lloyd nestled on a hilltop in Derby. Throughout lockdown, Kezia (and Lloyd) regularly live-streamed from the living room, often in her fluffy slippers, showing that even when performing, home is where she feels most comfortable. Even if you’ve never seen it you can start to picture it, not just
physically but as a safe haven, a place to come back to as an escape from the
hectic world of music and growing success.
Even those of us who aren’t rising through the ranks of Country music
can identify with having our own space to go back to, our very own House On The
Hill.
The song itself shows how
much Kezia is constantly growing. If you
take a walk through her back catalogue you will hear her very distinctive style
and her UK take on the Country music tradition, with this and some of her more
recent music you can hear how she is embracing the Nashville sound that is so
popular in the UK but still very definitely making it her own, still keeping it
UK and keeping it Kezia Gill
Guitar driven, the track
effortlessly combines the energy that you see on stage with the song-writing and
vocal that Kezia is known for.
Written for the sheer joy of
it, and incorporating some real honesty, House On The Hill is sure to be a live
favourite as we head into the festival season.
House On The Hill, the new
single from Kezia Gill is available from Friday 31 March.
Kezia Gill is represented by ZimagineD
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