Eliza Gilkyson
Artist Description
Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted
singer-songwriter, who has become one of the most respected musicians in roots,
folk and Americana circles. The Grammy-nominated artist has appeared on NPR,
Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown, XM, Air America Radio and has toured
with Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin and Mary Chapin Carpenter. In February of
2003, she was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame. The induction
placed Eliza alongside an exclusive list of Austin Music Hall of Fame greats,
including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, Billy Joe Shaver,
Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and others. In 2006, she was recognized with 3 Austin
Music Awards and 4 Folk Alliance Music Awards, one of which was for “Song of
the Year” for her tune “Man of God.” Eliza’s meditative tune “Requiem,” written
as a prayer for those who lost lives in the devastating tsunami in Southeast
Asia, was recorded by the nationally recognized choral group Conspirare and was
nominated for a Grammy. It was also featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Her most recent Red House release Beautiful World was hailed as masterpiece by
All Music Guide and was called “one of the best folk albums of 2008” by the
Utne Reader.
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