Hutchinson may refer to:

People[link]

• Hutchinson (surname)

Places[link]

United States[link]

• Hutchinson, Kansas
• South Hutchinson, Kansas
• Hutchinson, Minnesota
• Hutchinson County, South Dakota
• Hutchinson County, Texas
• Hutchinson Island (Florida)
• Hutchinson Island South, Florida
• Hutchinson River, a river in New York
• Hutchinson River Parkway, running through Westchester County, New York, and the Bronx
• Hutchinson Township, McLeod County, Minnesota

South Africa[link]

• Hutchinson, Northern Cape

Other uses[link]

• Hutchinson (publisher), a publisher of books
• Hutchinson Encyclopedia
• USS Hutchinson (PF-45), US frigate
• Hutchinson's teeth, a sign of congenital syphilis
• Hutchinson's ratio
• Progeria, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome
• Hutchinson Patent Stopper, an invention for replacing cork bottle stoppers
• Hutchinson system, a system of plant taxonomy created by botanist John Hutchinson.
• Hutchison Whampoa Hong Kong holding company
• Hutchison 3G (aka "Three") mobile network operator
• Hutchinson SA, French manufacturer of bicycle tires, sealing, insulation, and fluid transfer systems

See also[link]

• Hutchison (surname)

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Eric Hutchinson
Hutchinson performing at World Cafe, Philadelphia, May 6, 2012
Background information
Born	(1980-09-08) September 8, 1980 (age 31) Washington, D.C., United States
Origin	Takoma Park, Maryland, United States
Genres	Pop, rock, folk, power pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Singing, guitar, piano
Years active	2003-Present
Labels	Let's Break, Warner Bros.
Website	www.erichutchinson.com/

Eric Hutchinson (born September 8, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter. He signed with Madonna's Maverick Records, but the label shut down before his album was released. Hutchinson recorded and released the album Sounds Like This on his own. The album won praise from gossip blogger Perez Hilton, which sent it to the top ten on the iTunes Store, where it peaked at number five in September 2007 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The album was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, who released it in May 2008.

Biography[link]

Born in Washington, D.C., Hutchinson grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland, attended the Communication Arts Program at Montgomery Blair High School, and went to Emerson College in Boston, where he lived for about four years before moving to Los Angeles. During his youth he personally babysat Robbie "Baggobby" Ginsberg. Hutchinson began playing guitar around 1995, and later added piano to his repertoire. When on acoustic guitar, he plays with exuberance, often laying down percussive hand slaps on the strings. He says he "should've taken more guitar lessons," but was always "more interested in playing and singing songs I knew and liked better than Hot Cross Buns out of a workbook."^[1][2] As of February 2007, he resides in New York City.

On September 15, 2008, Hutchinson performed "Rock and Roll" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His follow-up single, "Ok, It's Alright With Me", was also performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on July 24, 2009. "Rock and Roll" was also appeared in the series finale episode of the Australian-produced Packed to the Rafters. The single reached #1 in Australia in April 2009. In addition, "Rock and Roll" reached #9 on the ARIA Australian Singles Chart and has been certified Platinum in Australia. "Rock and Roll" has also reached Gold in New Zealand, the U. S. and Norway.

Before his opening date in New York on the Kelly Clarkson tour, Hutchinson was interviewed by Broken Records Magazine (BRM). Eric told BRM that "he just wants to write stuff he will enjoy playing. It's all about songwriting". He goes on to mention that Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and the Beatles were all primary influences on his style of music writing.^{[citation needed]}

Hutchinson was named an AOL "About To Pop" artist, Yahoo! Who's Next Artist, MSN "One To Watch" Artist and a "VH1 You Oughta Know" Artist.^[3] Hutchinson also the theme song for ESPN's Fantasy Focus podcast.^[4]

Moving Up, Living Down, Hutchinson's second album, was released on April 17, 2012. The first single, "Watching You Watch Him" debuted on the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy. Hutchinson also returned to The Late Show with David Letterman on February 21, 2012 to perform "Watching You Watch Him".

Touring[link]

Hutchinson plays venues across the U.S. and Canada, and has toured with such artists as Joe Jackson, Jason Mraz and One Republic.^[5][6] Throughout 2009 and 2010, Hutchinson appeared in support Kelly Clarkson.

Hutchinson's latest tour in support of Moving Up Living Down commenced on April 17, 2012.

Reception[link]

Hutchinson has been acclaimed for his prowess as a pianist, songwriter, and performer.^[1] He has been called "one of the most talented singer-songwriters that Boston has to offer," with comparisons to Jason Mraz, Stevie Wonder, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel and The Beatles.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} Journalist James Campion calls Hutchinson "a major talent with nary a trace of pretension" and "a sure thing."^[12]

Hutchinson's music is a combination of rock, folk pop, and powerpop. It has been called "intelligent pop" with "painstakingly placed lyrics, brimming with sarcasm and wit",^[13] and "sunshine pop" with "feel-good playfulness" and a "plucky demeanor".^[14]

Hutchinson placed second at the 2002 Los Angeles Songwriter's Grand Slam.^[15]

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Eric Hutchinson on Myspace
• Eric Hutchinson lyrics
• Eric Hutchinson at Allmusic

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Meg Hutchinson (born 1978, South Egremont, Massachusetts) is an American folk singer songwriter. Originally from rural western-most Massachusetts, Hutchinson is now based in the Boston area. Influences include poet Mary Oliver, songwriter Shawn Colvin, and mood maker David Gray.^{[citation needed]} She has won numerous songwriting awards in the US, Ireland and UK, including recognition from John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Billboard Song Contest and prestigious competitions at Merlefest, NewSong, Kerrville, Falcon Ridge, Telluride Bluegrass and Rocky Mountain Folks festivals.^[1]

"a master of introspective ballads" -Performing Songwriter Magazine ^{[2][not in citation given]}
"a folkster made of sterner stuff" -The Philadelphia Inquirer ^{[3][not in citation given]}
"elegant and free-floating melodies that sound both modern and rooted" -The Boston Globe ^{[4][not in citation given]}
"music as powerful as it is gentle" -No Depression ^{[5][not in citation given]}

Biography[link]

Meg Hutchinson was raised by English teachers in a small town outside of Great Barrington, Massachusetts called South Egremont. Growing up in the Berkshires, the mountains, woods and ponds were her childhood muses, as were poets she read (like Mary Oliver, Robert Frost and William Butler Yeats), and the songwriters she listened to (like Greg Brown and Joni Mitchell). When she inherited her grandmother's 1957 Martin guitar at age eleven, her love of words found an inspiring instrument, and there was no turning back. "Songwriting is not something I chose, I've just somehow always known that this is what I love to do. This is what I can't help but do", she says.^{[citation needed]}

After graduating from Bard College at Simon's Rock, with a BA in Liberal Arts with concentration in Creative Writing, Hutchinson quit her longtime job on an organic lettuce farm and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. In between gigs at pubs, coffeehouses and subway train stations, she won a Kerrville New Folk Award (2000) and was nominated for a Boston Music Award for her first studio album "Against the Grey." She went on to win awards at the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest, the Telluride Troubadour Songwriter's Showcase in Colorado and The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest in North Carolina, all in the course of a year, causing national publications like Performing Songwriter to take notice, calling her "A master of introspective ballads filled with understated yearning and an exquisite sense of metaphor."^{[citation needed]}

After recording her live CD Any Given Day in 2001, she went into the studio with producer Crit Harmon (Lori McKenna, Martin Sexton, Mary Gauthier) to record The Crossing. Released in 2004, this album was enthusiastically received by critics and DJs across the country,^{[citation needed]} catching the attention of folk/roots label Red House Records. Label president and veteran producer Eric Peltoniemi said "Meg won me over with the profound yet easy depth of her lyrics—rich words married to melodies I just can't get out of my head."{^{[citation needed]} Peltoniemi signed Hutchinson to the label.

[edit] 2008 Album Come Up Full

Come Up Full was inspired by Maine lobster fishermen and was Hutchinson's first collaboration with Connecticut sketch artist and painter Mary Devaney.

Come Up Full was Hutchinson's first release on Folk label Red House Records. A record about encountering good things when you least expect them, Hutchinson's introduction to the Folk community was well-received within the genre.^{[citation needed]} The album includes the songs "Ready", "Home" and "Come Up Full" In "America (Enough)", Hutchinson explores American culture, excess and war by writing about how things taken to an extreme almost become their opposite.^{[citation needed]} Another song on the new album is her "Song for Jeffrey Lucey", based on the real story of Lance Corporal Jeffrey Lucey, who returned from Iraq, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

[edit] 2010 Album The Living Side

"The Living Side" was Meg Hutchinson's first collaboration with Polish modern art photographer Asia Kepka.

Upon the release of The Living Side, Hutchinson's second album on Red House Records, songwriter John Gorka said, "After you hear Meg, you feel you’ve been somewhere." ^{[6][not in citation given]}

"I grew up in the country without a TV or internet," Hutchinson says. "There were so many quiet hours in the day. So many spaces between events. We have forgotten how to be alone in our thoughts. All the best work comes out of that rich stillness of waiting."^[7]

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

Singles[link]

• "True North" (2007, studio version)

Collaborative albums[link]

• Winterbloom: Traditions Rearranged (2009)

(with Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton, and Natalia Zukerman)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website