{"product_id":"your-town-tonight","title":"YOUR TOWN TONIGHT","description":"Amazon.com\n\nEliza Gilkyson may not be as big a marquee name as fellow folkies Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin, but her repertoire is no less well-crafted, cerebral, or darkly compelling (\"Requiem\"). This live recording--her first--captured largely in her adopted hometown of Austin, Texas, revisits her \"best of\" original songs (\"Rose of Sharon\") and serves up covers by her father Terry Gilkyson (the haunting \"Green Fields,\" a hit for the Brothers Four) and Bob Dylan (a quieter version of \"Jokerman\" than she offered years ago). Gilkyson's spoken prattle is both wry and informative, and her touring band delivers just the right blend of emphasis and embroidery, never overpowering her smooth, dusky alto or upstaging her sometimes frighteningly intense lyrics (\"Hard Times in Babylon\"). The Grammy nominee doesn't sing a song so much as she inhabits a story, and she affects a kind of understated miracle with \"Tennessee Road,\" making the poignant, if timeworn Elvis Presley saga seem utterly new and chilling in its first-person telling. Your Town Tonight is a must-have for the Gilkyson faithful, and serves as a fine primer for the uninitiated. --Alanna Nash\n\nProduct Description\n\nEliza's many ardent fans will love this, her first-ever live CD! a beautiful, exquisitely-mastered recording, it finds the singer\/songwriter backed by her great band: guitarist Mike Hardwick, bassist Glen Fukunaga and drummer Cisco Ryder. Bluesman Ray Bonneville also makes an appearance. Recorded in concerts in Texas, Massachusetts and Amsterdam, Eliza delivers stunning new takes on classics from her pre-Red House years, plus covers of Bob Dylan's \"Jokerman\" and her late father Terry Gilkyson's classic \"Green Fields\".\n\nReview\n\n\"edgy, intelligent songwriting and richly worn, delicate vocals.\" -- Chicago Sun Times\n\n\"her honest voice and understated, life affirming lyrics remain the core of her songs.\" -- People Magazine\n\n\"her work is too good to be ignored. She sings with plaintive power and writes with soulful strength.\" -- Dallas Morning News\n\n\"sexy, smart and talented . . . a musical `cousin' to Lucinda Williams.\" -- Philadelphia City Paper\n\nAbout the Artist\n\nThe 2007 release of Your Town Tonight captures singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson at her artistic zenith, performing her most regarded recent songs as well as material from her early career and tunes penned by her famous father.\nDaughter of successful songwriter Terry Gilkyson, Eliza is a third generation musician who grew up in Los Angeles knowing her life would revolve around music. As a teenager, she recorded demos for her father, a professional songwriter covered by artists as diverse as Dean Martin, Johnny Cash (\"Memories Are Made of This\") and the White Stripes (\"Look Me Over Closely\"), and whose credits include such standards as \"Green Fields,\" \"Marianne\" and \"The Bare Necessities\" (from the Disney film Jungle Book).\nAt the end of the sixties, Eliza 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 relocated to Austin, Texas in 1982 and released several albums through that decade. After a period in Europe working with Swiss composer\/harpist Andreas Vollenweider, she returned to the US. Gilkyson's acclaim continued to grow and major artists were listening, like Kris Kristofferson who commented, \"she has the soul of Hank Williams.\"\nEliza's first album on Red House Records, Hard Times in Babylon came out in 2000 to commercial and critical success. She supported with extensive touring and was asked to perform for a second time on the acclaimed PBS-TV series Austin City Limits in 2001 (she had also appeared on the show in 1984). Lost and Found followed in 2002, marking a thematic breakthrough in her songwriting, and finding its way onto many of the year's Top 10 lists. Gilkyson was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 2003, placing her alongside an exclusive list of greats, including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, Billy Joe Shaver and Joe Ely.\n2004's Land of Milk and Honey continued to heighten Eliza's acclaim, and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary Folk Album. The CD is decidedly socio\/political in nature, from the Iraq War awareness plea, \"Hiway 9,\" to the call for peace in Woody Guthrie's previously unrecorded and timely anthem, \"Peace Call,\" a track featuring vocals by friends and fellow artists Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Iris DeMent.\nReleased in 2005, Paradise Hotel is her most personal album to date, featuring songs that artfully reveal the roots of her progressive patriotism. Eliza was recognized with three Austin Music Awards and four Folk Alliance Music Awards, one of which was for \"Song of the Year\" for \"Man of God.\" A scathing indictment of the Bush administration's use of religion to manipulate the public, the tune has become a political anthem and receives airplay worldwide. The meditative \"Requiem,\" written as\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000R348A8\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000R348A8.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Eliza Gilkyson|Terry Gilkyson|Bob Dylan|Mark Hallman|Glenn Fukunaga|Mike Hardwick|Robert McEntee|Mark Andes|Cisco Ryder|Jeff Plankenhorn\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. 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