Past Programs
Government and Politics - 2008
Eliza Gilkyson
09/07/2008
Sprung from monthly community forums in Austin, Texas, Eliza Gilkyson’s new CD, Beautiful World, has been called ‘cathartic to the point of jubilation’ and ‘political in all the right ways’.
Eliza, the daughter of songwriter Terry Gilkyson (Memories are Made of This, The Bare Necessities and Green Fields) veered into New Age music, working in Europe with Andreas Vollenveider before returning to the US and folk-styled music. The monthly gatherings that inspired the songs on the album were held at various venues with University of Texas professor/activist Robert Jensen and Presbyterian minister Jim Rigby. The first song she wrote, The Great Correction, which grieves over the devastation of the natural world, paved the way for a cycle of tunes about hope for a more beautiful world plus love songs and reflections on personal politics.
