Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara, Vol. 2

World Without End

River of Gold

River of Gold (Live at Texas Music Café)

25 YEARS OF THE 99 CENT, DEEP FRIED, GRAVY SMOTHERED, ALL YOU CAN EAT TEXAS MUSIC CAFE

Pools of Eden (Live)

Safety Zone

Here Comes The Night

Home

Man In The Bottle

Dark Night Of The Soul

Dark Ages

Peace In Our Hearts (feat. Sam Butler)

Peace in Our Hearts (feat. Sam Butler)

Eliza Gilkyson is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and activist who has become one of the most respected musicians in Roots, Folk and Americana circles.   The daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson, she entered the music world as a teenager, recording demos for her father.  Since then she has released 19 recordings of her own, and her songs have been covered by such notables as Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash.

She has appeared on NPR, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, e-town, XM Radio, Air America Radio and has toured worldwide as a solo artist and in support of Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dan Fogelberg, as well as with the  Woody Guthrie review, Ribbon of Highway-Endless Skyway, alongside the Guthrie Family, Jimmy Lafave, Slaid Cleaves, and special guests Pete Seeger, Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson.  She has been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame alongside such legends as Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and Nanci Griffith and is an ongoing winner of the Austin Chronicle’s various music awards, as well as Folk Alliance awards for Best Artist, Best Songwriter and Record of the Year.

Her 2005 album Land of Milk and Honey was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.  Eliza’s meditative “Requiem,” written as a prayer for those who lost their lives in the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, was recorded by the nationally recognized choral group Conspirare, whose version was nominated for a Grammy and won the prestigious Edison Award in Europe.  The song has become a standard in choir repertory the world over.

Two of her songs appeared on Joan Baez’ Grammy-nominated record, Day After Tomorrow.  In addition to touring in support of the highly acclaimed Roses at the End of Time, Eliza and her son, producer Cisco Ryder, released her 2nd Grammy nominated album, The Nocturne Diaries, on March 18, 2014.  Eliza and Cisco released her 20th album, SECULARIA, on July 13, 2018 via Red House Records. Gilkyson’s music, in the classic folk music tradition, has always offered a vivid reflection of the times we live in with each song a window into a world of struggle and beauty in a culture she feels is “caught somewhere between collapse and reinvention.”

Eliza is an active member of the Austin music and political community, including the environmental organization Save Our Springs (www.sosalliance.org ), and she is a co-founder of  www.5604manor.org , an Austin-based activist resource center.

“Gilkyson doesn't pull any punches. She graces the music with her lush and passionate voice; a dark and lonely sound, hope and satisfaction, and edgy lyrics with piercing imagery round out the whole.” – New York Times

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