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Erin is a singer, harpist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and science fiction geek. With electric harp as the lead instrument, Erin plays and sings on a headset mic with her Space Rats band of bass, drums, pedal steel, synth and harmony vocals. The music is beautiful and psychedelic pop, with lyrics steeped in the tradition of classic science fiction. Erin & The Space Rats are currently recording their debut CD.

On the Celtic side, Erin's album with her group Four Celtic Voices, "Four Leaf Clover," just debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard World Music chart, in the Top 40 Independent Albums, and in the Top 10 on multiple Heatseekers charts.

Erin recently opened for a-ha in Europe and London, where she played solo at the Royal Albert Hall. She has also sung and played with Enya, Cyndi Lauper, Kanye West, moby, Joan Osborne, Randy Newman, Dave Chappelle, Marshall Crenshaw, Martha Wainwright, Duncan Sheik, The Smithereens, Savoy, Julee Cruise, John Flansburgh (of They Might Be Giants), Lenny Pickett (of Saturday Night Live), and Levon Helm (of The Band). She plays regularly with Will Lee (of David Letterman), Jimmy Vivino (of Conan O'Brien), Kanye West (Live Earth, TRL, BET, etc.), G.E. Smith (of Saturday Night Live), and Garth Hudson (of The Band).

On the silver screen, Erin played Sandra Mescal in the most recent Tim Robbins' film "Cradle Will Rock" and appears on the soundtrack along with PJ Harvey and Eddie Vedder. Erin has sung solo on HBO's "The Chris Rock Show" as the Hippie Chick and on Comedy Central's "Chappelle's Show" as the Pretty White Girl.

Erin is in the upcoming film "Clear Blue Tuesday," in which she plays (surprise) a science fiction fanatic! She has several original songs in the film as well as being a screenwriter on it. She is also a screenwriter on the upcoming sci-fi film "Fade to White," which Erin describes as "On the Beach meets Saturday Night Live, post-apocalypse." Her songs can be heard in several other films, including "Spent," "Bad Bride," and "American Desi." She signed The Buddy Scott Trio to her label and their songs can be heard in the MGM film "A Guy Thing." As a voice-over artist, she's been heard on commercials from Coca-Cola and Match.com to Play-Doh and Dunkin' Donuts.

Erin is known at the Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South for her rock ‘n’ roll arrangements on solo harp, playing (and singing) everything from Bowie, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young to a-ha, The Police, Roxy Music, Prince and Avril Lavigne.

Erin is the harpist on the new soundtrack for "The Fantasticks," on Martha Wainwright's acclaimed debut album "Martha Wainwright," on the original Broadway cast album of Sam Mendes’ "Cabaret," in various commercials (Dunkin’ Donuts, etc.), and on MTV2’s "Wonder Showzen."

She is also in The Dream Jam Band, which is produced by Rick Chertoff (Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, etc.). As "Erin the Red," she plays bass, harp, keys, sings, and is a songwriter in the band. The Dream Jam Band most recently appeared at Lollapalooza 2008 and on the Sprout network (PBS KIDS). Erin also sings, plays and is a songwriter in her group Four Celtic Voices, who are managed by the same team as The Irish Tenors, and released their debut CD on St. Patrick's Day, 2009 on national television on QVC.

Erin studied voice with Marni Nixon and at L'Ecole Hindemith in Switzerland and has played Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She was a founding member of the band Wicked Felina with G.E. Smith (of Saturday Night Live), where she was a co-writer, co-singer, and played harp, guitar, flute, accordion, and hammered dulcimer.

Erin’s played drums with Martha & the Vandellas; she’s a classically trained pianist and plays keyboards, as well as percussion, guitar, and vocals for Will Lee and Jimmy Vivino in The Fab Faux; and she plays saxophone and flute (and harp) on the Sam Mendes "Cabaret" soundtrack on RCA. She's played bass (and harp) with Garth Hudson of The Band; and she plays accordion, the hammered dulcimer, the theremin, and even the hurdy-gurdy, which she's had the honor of playing live with Rob Hyman (co-writer of "Time after Time") and Eric Bazilian (writer of "One of Us") of The Hooters.

Erin's original science fiction songs, played with her band The Space Rats, are often inspired by various sci-fi novels or short stories, such as the Ray Bradbury-inspired "Giant Mushrooms" or the Philip K. Dick-inspired "Owls." Other songs have a straight science edge, such as "Lookout, Science" or "Girl Inventor," while others are inspired by art from science fiction magazines of the 1930's through the 1960's, which Erin collects. Erin & The Space Rats do mainly her psychedelic sci-fi songs, but she also sprinkles in a little opera, which she sings probably even better than The Doctor on Voyager ;-)

Oh, yes -- she also juggles and is an expert at walking on her hands.

"Erin Hill is lovely... and dauntingly versatile... and then there's the delicious sound of that harp!" -- Variety

"Erin Hill lights up the stage..." -- Daily News (NYC)

"The best part of the show was the moment when... Erin Hill, a fine harpist, raised her voice in solo..." "Erin Hill is lovely..." -- The New York Times

"Erin Hill... is not only a wonderfully engaging performer but versatile as well, playing five instruments..." -- The Chicago Tribune

"Erin Hill, tossing her flaming hair, turns into a show-stopper... Hill's voice soars on the exquisite melodies..." -- The Plain Dealer

"The album is beautiful. Voice exquisite, telling tales everyone wants to hear. Lovely... Crank it right up!" -- Roby Worby, Radio 3, BBC

"The best performances are turned in by... the versatile Erin Hill..." -- Billboard

"Erin Hill may be indie pop's renaissance grrl." --Amplifier Magazine

"The invincible Hill... breaks into a fiery physical abandon when she's at the mike." "Erin is enormously talented -- an exceptional singer, a fantastic musician and... she has the beauty to go with it." -- New York Newsday

Here's a video of a Puccini aria I did at a "Four Celtic Voices" concert

Erin Hill & The Space Rats! Here's a Twilight Zone-inspired song called "Meredith Moon"

This is from Poughkeepsie Live with Taylor Barton and G. E. Smith. I wrote this song with Taylor, it's called "Sultry Girl."

And what the heck, here's me with The Fab Faux, playing keyboards on "Let Me Roll It"... I don't know who shot this, but it was nice of them to kinda keep the camera on me even though Jack Petruzelli was singing lead center stage!