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Performance photos by photographer Kirk Stauffer

that were taken at The Mix in Seattle have been posted on

No Depression, Americana and Roots music website.

“In only five songs, Hilary Scott and the New County Line, manage to do something that most artists can’t do in a full length album; deliver a completely satisfying listen that transcends categorization and genre…If you had to define their sound it would be [akin] to an indie-pop group with their largely piano driven, atmospheric pieces. Few pop songs are this lush though, and fewer still would include the use of a Hammond organ. When all the pieces are added and committed to record, the end result is something that can’t be classified but can certainly be described as amazing.” – Heath Andrews (5 out of 5 stars) (Review You, also writes for Ithaca College, 106VIC)

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“Hilary Scott and The New County Line’s Still, is a standout album of the year. This is the making of a classic. A stunning record that knows no boundaries…” – Melissa Nastasi (Review You, also writes for Breakthrough Radio.com, My Music Success.com, Green Shoelace.com)

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“Hilary’s Sarah MacLachlan-esque vocals are spot-on throughout. Hilary knows how to create emotive melodies and soft vocals that send chills down any spine (in a good way).” - Matthew Forss (Review You, also writes for Inside World Music, Songlines)

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“Scott has done well to build up a good reputation for the female music scene. She shows that artists are not limited to merely one genre of music, but that there is instead a whole world of opportunity that can be opened to someone given that they have the right amount of talent. Through both solo projects and previous group projects, Scott has made her way. But she is currently reveling in what should very well be considered the success of her current group project with The New County Line.” – (4 out of 5 stars) Alec Cunningham (Review You, also writes for Blank, Exposed)

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“ Pinning down influences on Hilary Scott and the New County Line is both somewhat difficult as well as fairly straightforward (if you can dig it). There’s a lot percolating around in there. Take a dash of this and a little more of that as you like it: Joan Baez, Natalie Merchant, Alison Krauss, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos…if it sounds like cherry picking, that’s because it is, and with good reason, as all these artists and more make their way into Scott’s sound. Perhaps easier is to hit on some loose genres and let one’s imagination take over, so here goes: pop, country, Americana, gospel, the new Nashville sound, folk, the sound of long car-trips across the American Midwest…you get the picture. Scott’s voice is strong, and the underpinnings of her music skew towards a personalized sound-collage of various tangents of American pop and neo-Americana of the past few decades. What’s there is both fresh and familiar.” – Reed Burnham (Review You)

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"Hilary Scott's 'And Just' is a masterpiece of a song with music and a message that breaks genres....MORE"

Heath Andrews, ReviewYou (March, 2011)

Columbia Tribune's Art Axis (April 7, 2011) columnist Jill Renae Hicks writes, "The thing about Hilary Scott is her voice – and, well, it should be. Her singing voice is distinctly strong without being harsh; she swoops between a mellow thrum on lower tones and a melli-fluous, powerful keening." Read on to see what she has to say about And Just....MORE

In a review of Cock Robin's performance,

French newspaper La Montagne had this to say about

Hilary Scott's opening act for Cock Robin:

,,,"after an astounding opening performance by Hilary Scott

- (what a voice!!!!)..."

In his final "Behind the Scenes" column in the

Columbia Tribune (Jan, 30th)

Lynn Israel wrote about "content in our art of living". Hilary Scott is

honored to have been mentioned by Lynn as one of the artists who keep Columbia's art community "spinning".

Bye, Lynn, we'll miss you!

BARKS

Hilary Scott was featured in this popular Japanese Ezine

Hilary Scott Article

LOVE FM Interview

Hilary Scott was interviewed live on the "Natural Woman" show on LOVE FM, Japan. "People On A Train" aired, too!

Columbia Daily Tribune

Hilary Scott hits Columbia with new CD, slew of shows by Aarik Danielsen

..."The album features Scott's fresh, wide-eyed take on some of American song's most beloved literature from jazz standards like "The Way You Look Tonight," "My Funny Valentine," and "What a Wonderful World" to "Over the Rainbow." Scott also makes time for some modern classics, engaging with works by two of my favorite songwriters— covering John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith in Me" and David Gray's "Sail Away." ...

Columbia Daily Tribune

The Hub

Hilary Scott by Ryan Goff

"When Scott sings, people notice. The songs are soulful tales that play out in pop, folk and rock avenues, leading you down the undiscovered streets and alleyways of the night's discovery."

Saigon Life

Hilary Scott at the Park Hyatt

Inside Columbia Magazine

Best of Columbia, Favorite Local Singer 2006

Best of Columbia, Favorite Local Singer 2007

Vox

"Hilary Scott" by Alissa Hofsess

"To say that Hilary Scott has a way with words does her a disservice. Hilary Scott weaves words like tapestries"

Sandpoint Festival

Tanya Tucker - Hilary Scott poster

Northeast InTune

The Hilary Scott Band by Jeff Dame

"Hilary Scott has the potential to be as big as the likes of Alanis Morisette, Tori Amos or Sheryl Crow...The Hilary Scott Band is one that I feel will be big, listen to her now and you can say I have been in since the beginning."

Go! (Cover and article)

"Scott Stays Fresh On Road To Success" - Lynne Israel

"The 20-something blonde guitarist --who seems to effortlessly collect new fans whenever and wherever she performs..."

Inside Columbia Magazine (Cover)

"What Keeps Hilary Scott Singing?

"Hilary Scott enjoys acclaim as one of Columbia's favorite singers..."

Collected Sounds-A Guide To Women In Music

Review of the "Hypothermia" by Amy -

producer of "Collected Soundsd

...a great collection of fantastic pop-rock songs that deserve more attention than they’re getting

Collected Sounds-A Guide To Women In Music

Review of Floating World by Amy - producer of "Collected Sounds"

"It's Hilary's voice that captures me most on this CD."

"The songs are well written, interesting and expertly performed, but she does this incredibly lovely lilting thing with her voice that Sarah McLachlan sometimes does…and others have attempted unsuccessfully, but Hilary's got it. "

Sandpoint Reader

Hilary Scott Selling Herself (In A Good Way) by Hannah Vogel

"She is uniquely herself, in her music and onstage."

VOX Magazine, published by The Missourian

"Singing songs of freedom" by Amanda Dahling

"One of Ray Charles' former drummers, Billie Burns,

heard Scott's music and was impressed".

www.womenfolk.net

"This Woman's Work" featuring Hilary Scott

"Missouri-based singer-songwriter Hilary Scott

creates the kind of music that seems timeless".

Collected Sounds-A Guide To Women In Music