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Recommended!Įliza Gilkyson/Iain Matthews/Ad Vanderveen "More Than A Song" (Perfect Pitch Records, 2001)Įliza Gilkyson "Lost And Found" (Red House Records, 2002)Įliza Gilkyson "The Land Of Milk And Honey" (Red House Records, 2004)įor some odd reason, this album kept sliding to the bottom of my "listen to" pile I dunno why, since I really liked her last record a lot.
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A fine record with a deep emotional core. The album opens with (what I believe is) an autobiographical nod towards Gilkyson's father, and her thoughts on life in show biz ("Beauty Way") then moves on to familiar themes of despondency in the midst of spiritual decay ("Hard Times In Babylon," "Coast," and others) This album is very well constructed, very precise, and very compelling, and she seems to have a new band, which provides the strong, subtle accompaniment that her songs needed, particularly the haunting, thoughtful melodic refrains that build her songs into haunting elegance. If you're on her wavelength already, this is certainly worth tracking down and checking out.Įliza Gilkyson "Hard Times In Babylon" (Red House Records, 2000) it's just she got better at making her point as time went on.
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As on her later albums, Gilkyson delves into deep issues of sorrow, existence and spirituality. Nonetheless, there are some memorable songs on here, generally the ones where she slows down a bit, as on "Love's Shadow" and "Bad Boy/Good Man." Her brother Tony Gilkyson and DJ Bonebreak (both of the band X) are among the musicians pitching in.
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I came to this record late, after having reviewed some of her more recent releases which floored me (see below), and I can see there was definitely an artistic growth curve that she went on, mainly learning how to simplify and chisel good ideas down to better ones. Lisa (Eliza) Gilkyson "Love From The Heart" (Helios Records, 1979) (LP)Įliza Gilkyson "Pilgrims" (Gold Castle Records, 1986)Įliza Gilkyson "Legends Of Rainmaker" (Gold Castle Records, 1988)Įliza Gilkyson "Through The Looking Glass" (Private Music, 1992)Īndreas Vollenweider "Eolian Minstrel" (Capitol Records, 1993)Īlthough not credited as a main artist, Gilkyson is a major contributor on this album, adding vocals, guitar and lyrics for most of the record Carly Simon also appears for a tune or two.Įliza Gilkyson "Undressed" (Realiza Records, 1993)Įliza Gilkyson "Redemption Road" (MTI/SilverWave Records, 1994)Įliza Gilkyson "Misfits" (Realiza Records, 1999)īoth the songwriting and the production on this album seem a bit dense - not impenetrable, but slightly cluttered. Here's a quick look at her work.Įliza Gilkyson "RetroSpecto" (Realiza Records, 2005) A searching and contemplative composer, Gilkyson is the daughter of '50s/'60s folk icon Terry Gilkyson (as well as sister of rock guitarist Tony Gilkyson) and while her career has sometimes led her towards more pop-related material, she has firm footing at the top of the folk music food chain. In the 21st-Century, as folk music stretches its elbows and becomes comfortable in the new media landscape - where pop/rock and rap/R&B slowly teeter into the same sort of niche markets that folk and blues have been in for years - singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson has taken on the stature not only of a folk-scene elder, but as a paradigm of what "Americana" music can and ought to be. Eliza Gilkyson folk music discography (DJ Joe Sixpack's Guide To Country and Americana)