Eliza Gilkyson To Tour UK & Ireland

• Thursday, 04 May 2006

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Eliza Gilkyson
www.elizagilkyson.com

Eliza Gilkyson is the daughter of songwriting legend Terry Gilkyson (1916 -1999). www.elizagilkyson.com/Terry_Gilkyson.htm

Terry’s credits include many Walt Disney classics such as The Bare Necessities for Jungle Book and numerous songs for the TV series 'The Wonderful World of Disney' and feature films such as Thomasina, the Aristocats and Swiss Family Robinson.

He also composed the pop classics Memories Are Made of This, Marianne and Greenfields. Her brother is Tony Gilkyson guitarist, producer and former member of the Californian rock band “X”.

In February 2003 Eliza Gilkyson was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame placing her alongside an exclusive list of Austin Music Hall of Fame greats such as Joe Ely, Nanci Griffith, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt.

Her celebrated canon of work spans ten albums and she is recognised by her musical peers as a leading songwriter of her time following in the footsteps of her late father Terry. Her sell out performances always include a selection of songs penned by the great man.

Eliza will play nineteen dates in May to promote her critically acclaimed album Paradise Hotel.

Please note that copies of Paradise Hotel are available on request and this applies to the numerous recipients of this e-mail outside of Ireland and the UK.

Ace guitar player Robert McEntee www.robertmcentee.com best known for his work with Dan Fogelberg will accompany Eliza on this tour.

MAY 2006 Tour Details

Mon 8. Whelans, 25 Wexford Street Dublin 2, Ireland
Box Office +353 (0) 1 478 0766 TP €18.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Tue 9. Bronte Centre Churchill Road Drumballyroney Near Rathfriland, N Ireland. BT32 5IX
Box Office 02406 23322 TP £12.00 DO 8.30 p.m.

Wed 10. Music Station, Cromore Halt Inn, Station Road, Portstewart, N Ireland, BT55 7PU
Box Office 07788 582076 TP £10.00 Doors 8.00 p.m.

Thurs 11.The Errigle Inn, Ormeau Road Belfast N Ireland, BT7 2GE
Box Office 02890 323744 TP £13.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Fri 12. The Maze (Forest Tavern) 257 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FT
Box Office. 0115 9475650 TP £12.00 DO 7.30 p.m.

Sat 13. The Victoria Rooms, Fore St, Milverton, Somerset TA4 1JU
Box Office 01823 400416 TP £10.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Sun 14. Soul Café, 110 Week Street Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1RH
Box Office 01622 744481 TP £14.00 DO 7.30 p.m.

Mon 15. St. Bonaventure's Club, Berkeley Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8HP
Box Office 0870 4444 400. 0117 929 9008 TP £12.00 DO 7.30 p.m.

Tue 16. The Borderline, Charing Cross Road, London, W1D 4JB
Box Office: 0870 060 3777 TP £12.00 DO 7.00 p.m.

Thurs 18. Muni Arts Centre, Gelliwastad Road, Pontypridd, Wales CF37 2DP.
Box Office 01443 485934 TP £10.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Fri 19.The Talbot Hotel, The Square, Tregaron, Wales, SY25 6JL
Box Office 01974 298965 TP £8.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Sat 20. The Met, Market Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0BW
Box Office 0161-761-2216 TP £12.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Sun 21. The Cluny, 36 Lime St, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 1LD
Box Office 0191 2304474 TP £12.00 DO 8. 00 p.m.

Tue 23. The Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate Glasgow, Glasgow G1 5HB.
Box Office 0141 552 4267 TP £12.50 DO 8.00 pm

Wed 24. The Queens Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 9JG.
Box Office: 0131 668 2019 TP Tables £14.00 Rear Stalls £12.00. DO 8.00 p.m.

Thurs 25. Chequer Mead Arts Centre, De La Warr Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3BS
Box Office 01342 302000 TP £12.50 & £11.00 DO 8.00 p.m.

Fri 26. Havant Arts Centre, East Street, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1BS.
Box Office 023 9247 2700 TP £12.50 & £10.00 Concessions DO 8.00 p.m.

Sat 27. The Radcliffe Centre, Church Street, Buckingham, MK18 1ET
Box Office 01296 748268 Tickets £17.00 on the door £15.00 advance DO 6.45 p.m.

Award Winning CD Paradise Hotel

Eliza Gilkyson has received many accolades for her most recent Red House Records CD, entitled Paradise Hotel, with several critics saying it's her best album yet. Paradise Hotel is in the ‘Top Ten’ lists of many radio DJs in the USA and also in Europe.

Folk Alliance Music Awards
Album of the Year Paradise Hotel
Song of the Year - “Man of God” (Paradise Hotel)
Best Solo Artist. Eliza Gilkyson
Best Contemporary Artist Eliza Gilkyson

Austin Music Awards
Best Songwriter
Best Female Vocalist
Best Folk Band

Her previous CD, Land of Milk and Honey received a Grammy nomination for. "Man of God," Eliza’s new chapter on the machinations of the USA’s "fearless leader," brings together a rousing chorus of Austin stars, including Shawn Colvin, Slaid Cleaves, Ana Egge, Marcia Ball, Ray Wylie Hubbard.

The song "Jedediah" is an intriguing story based on the actual correspondence of her ancestral uncle General Jedediah Huntington, who fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution.

There is also a rendition of the great World Party song, "Is It Like Today?" and a honky-tonk duet with Shawn Colvin on "Calm Before the Storm." Eliza provides some balance with lighter fare such as “Borderline," and the romantic "Think About You".

Gilkyson’s work the last few years is considered her best ever and Paradise Hotel continues that tradition, a product of her strong ties with producer Mark Hallman and the solid support of her label, Red House Records.

Brief Biography

The daughter of successful songwriter Terry Gilkyson, Eliza is a third generation musician who grew up in Los Angeles knowing that her life would revolve around music.

“I got into it for all the wrong reasons, more as a survival tool than anything else, but it proved to serve me more than I dared to imagine.”

As a teenager, she recorded demos for her dad, who wrote folk music hits “Greenfields,” “Marianne,” and “Memories Are Made of This,” among others. “He would use me in the studio because I had a mature voice at an early age and would work for free,” laughs Eliza. Soon after, she was writing and recording her own material as well.

At the end of the sixties, she moved to New Mexico with likeminded souls, eventually raising a family, all the while developing a loyal fan base in the Southwest and Texas. She cut numerous records, including Pilgrims, released on Gold Castle Records in 1987.

After a period in Europe working with Swiss composer/harpist Andreas Vollenweider, Eliza returned to the United States releasing Through the Looking Glass in ’96 (Private Music), and 1997’s Redemption Road (Silverwave/ MTI), which she has recently reissued.

Eliza started her own label, Realiza Records and put out Misfits in 1999, a collection of outtakes that received favorable press as a sound that connected the worlds of folk and modern storytelling.

In 2000, Eliza released her first album on the Red House Records label, Hard Times in Babylon. The album was a critical success followed quickly by more acclaim for her second recording with them, Lost and Found.

She has also been on several compilations issued by Red House, including the Bob Dylan tribute album, Nod to Bob, and a Greg Brown tribute called Going Driftless, benefiting a breast cancer research group.

Eliza has appeared several times on NPR's All Things Considered, recently played Austin City Limits, and in February of 2003 she was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame, alongside such luminaries as Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nancy Griffith, and others.

Eliza recorded Land of Milk and Honey in 2004, an album decidedly more sociopolitical in theme that was nominated for a Grammy. Her most recent CD is Paradise Hotel which has already made DJ Top Ten lists all over the US and Europe.

Discography:

Paradise Hotel (2005) -- Red House Records
RetroSpecto (2005) -- Realiza Records
Land of Milk and Honey (2004) -- Red House Records
Lost and Found (2002) -- Red House Records
Hard Times in Babylon (2000) -- Red House Records
Misfits (1999) -- Realiza Records
Redemption Road (1997) -- Silverwave MTI
Through the Looking Glass (1996) -- Private Music
Legends of Rainmaker (1989) -- Gold Castle
Pilgrims (1987) -- Gold Castle

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