A work three years in the making, manifested through loss of family, heartbreak and sweet new romance, “Only Love” is a delicious collection of soulful originals that tell an assortment of stories from the heart. Toni explains, “I wanted this album to be about love—like the old school music our parents listened to… I wanted it to be about love for friends, love from supporters; and most importantly about love for self, because without that you really can’t love anyone else.”

“Only Love” was produced by Amos Miller, a prolific producer and recording artist, who has worked with nearly all of Seattle’s hip-hop and R&B talent, including Choklate, Jake One, Gabriel Teodros, and Geologic from Blue Scholars. Only Love includes some of Seattle’s finest musicians from jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and world music, that include Mark Oi, Anthony Davis, Vitamin D, Aaron Walker-Loud, Royce Shorter Jr., Ethan Lawton, Chris Littlefield, Evan Flores-Barnes and others.

Track Listing:
1. Only Love
2. Love Is
3. Shoo Bee
4. Vibe Out feat. Soul Plasma
5. Just Relax
6. This Thing Called Love
7. Rose
8. Sippin’ On Time (Interlude)
9. Coffee Shop
10. Let’s Start Over
11. I Wanna Know (Skit)
12. If It’s Real

Produced by Amos Miller
206 Vintage Recordings and Siren’s Echo Music

Her sound is one that radiates through your soul, refreshing and a true blessing for your ears.

“Love is a trip…” she says in the I Wanna Know skit on her album. And she takes you on that voyage. Toni Hill’s latest offering, Only Love, is true music from the first track to the end.

I came across Toni Hill on one of those Sunday Night Sound Session shows with DJ Hyphen. It was This Thing Called Love that caught me off guard on the underground hip-hop show out of Seattle, Washington (check DJ Hyphen’s interview for more about Sunday Nigh Sound Session). It’s one of those sit back, relax and let the sound take you away type of tracks.

“Trying to figure out, what it’s all about … this thing called love. Trying to understand, the best way I can… this thing called you…” The song is beautiful and each song compliments the other on Only Love!

Toni Hill brings classic soul, infused with emotional lyrics and strong passionate vocals that resonate with everything that you are (if you love good music). She merges the sound of an older generation’s music (the stuff mom and dad use to listen to) with a real contemporary feel. It’s very smooth.

According to her website, “Only Love is a delicious collection of soulful originals that tell an assortment of stories from the heart.” Toni Hill goes on to explain on the page, “I wanted this album to be about love—like the old school music our parents listened to… I wanted it to be about love for friends, love from supporters; and most importantly about love for self, because without that you really can’t love anyone else.”

She definitely accomplished that and this album is truly a collection of soulful originals.

Her music is available on iTunes
MySpace: www.myspace.com/misstonihill

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