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This is an unlikely project. The Hill is an Americana style music project founded upon the songs of Jon Kowit, a former record store employee and indie label owner of Brooklyn's Ascend Records. Jon has quietly written songs for several decades, but has never played them for anyone. A multi-instrumentalist, Jon learned to play guitar and piano by ear, and knew his methods were a bit unorthodox. For that reason and some shyness, he was never comfortable with sharing his music, until now.
Jon sought a collaborator to finally help bring his songs to life and posted an anonymous ad on Craig’s List, explaining his story and goals. Dozens of musicians and producers responded and offered their services. As fate would have it, one of the responses he received was from a old childhood friend. A former Little League teammate at age 10, Jon hadn’t been in contact with multi-instrumentalist Mike Slo-Mo Brenner (Jason Molina, Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties, Wild Pink, Marah, John Train, Flight of Mavis. The Low Road) for decades, but he was a fan of his music.
In 2023 Mike agreed to work on one song with Jon, but the collaboration continued and spawned a 12 song album, entitled Get In Line, which Brenner produces and plays on every song. Other notable local Philadelphia talents joined in to contribute to The Hill project: Mark Shreiber (John Train, Slo-Mo, The Low Road)) (drums), John Cunningham (Pete Donnelly, Needlefish) - keyboards, Rosie McNamara-Jones (Matt Pond, The Low Road, Joey Sweeney) (violin) and Meghan Kyle (No Good Sister) (vocals). Jon plays rhythm guitar, piano and sings on 11 of the tracks.
This unlikely album comes out April 2, 2024.