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Eliza Gilkyson
With Special Guest Melissa Crabtree
Eliza Gilkyson is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and activist who has become one ofthe most respected musicians in Folk, Roots and Americana circles. The daughter of legendary
songwriter Terry Gilkyson, Eliza entered the music world as a teenager, recording demos for
her father. Since then she has released 20 recordings of her own, and her songs have been
covered by Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash and have been used in films,
PBS specials and on prime-time TV.
Eliza has appeared on NPR, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown, 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 in the company 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 CD 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 internationally 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 CD, Day After Tomorrow. In addition to
touring in support of her previous release, Roses at the End of Time, in 2011 and 2012 Eliza and
label-mates John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky performed as “Folk Super Trio” Red Horse, a side
project whose CD stayed for months at the top of the Folk Music Charts. Eliza recently was
invited to contribute a track on the Jackson Browne tribute, Looking Into You (due to be released
in early 2014), along with Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Sara Watkins, Shawn Colvin, Bonnie
Raitt and others. Her latest release on Red House Records, The Nocturne Diaries, produced by
her son Cisco Ryder, is a restless contemplative work inspired by the converging forces of her
highest hopes and darkest fears.
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 resource center that promotes political activism and
community involvement around issues of race, patriarchy and global injustice.
$15 in advance/$19 day of show
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Grammy Award Nomination – Best Contemporary Folk Album (Land of Milk and Honey)
Austin Music Award – Best Folk Artist (Roses at the End of Time)
Austin Music Award – Best Songwriter
Austin Music Award – Best Female Vocalist
Austin Music Award – Best Folk Band
Austin Music Hall of Fame Induction - 2003
Folk Alliance Music Award – Album of the Year (Paradise Hotel)
Folk Alliance Music Award – Song of the Year (“Man of God” - Paradise Hotel)
Folk Alliance Music Award – Best Solo Artist
Folk Alliance Music Award – Best Contemporary Artist
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Date and Time
Friday Aug 1, 2014
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM MDTFriday, August 1st
Location
KTAOS Solar Center
Fees/Admission
$15 in advance/$19 day of show
Contact Information
575-758-5826
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