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Eliza Gilkyson with Nina Gerber in Concert
Saturday, April 18. 7:30 PM (7 door): Folk icons Eliza Gilkyson and Nina Gerber at the Unity of the Valley (3912 Dillard39th and Hilyard)! Co-Sponsored by Tsunami Books and Mike Meyer.
Eliza is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and activist who is one of the most respected musicians in Folk, Roots and Americana circles. Her songs have been covered by Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash. A member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, she has won countless Folk Alliance and Austin Music awards, including 2014s Songwriter of the Year. Elizas music has always offered a vivid reflection of the times we live in, full of joys and sorrows, each song a window into a life of struggle and triumph in a world she feels is poised on the edge of moral, economic and environmental bankruptcy.
Nina is quite simply one of the best acoustic and electric guitarists in the folk genre. "...the epitome of a perfect musician! It is so Zen the way she perfectly under-girds and complements whatever music is at hand, never playing an extraneous or superfluous or irrelevant note, & always being perfectly in the flow with whatever she is playing & whomever she's playing with! Playing Music together on that level is Divine!... everything else is a more or less skillful filling the air with a more or less pleasant bunch of notes!"
Maria Muldaur
Los Angeles Feb 10, 2018
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Eliza Gilkyson is announcing her new release, 2020, due out in April on the Red House/Compass label. The record is a collection of politically charged anthems designed to motivate, reflect and inspire action during what may be the most vital American election of our lifetime.
2020 is a blend of new and old, reflecting the protests and activism that have defined her generation, including her interpretation of some folk favorites by Bob Dylan, A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall,and Pete Seegers Where Have All the Flowers Gone. Eliza also adapted a new song, Beach Haven, from a letter written by Woody Guthrie in 1952 to Fred Trump, who at the time was his landlord, regarding his segregationist renter policies. Ever the optimist, Woody pleaded to Trump to open your doors and rip out the strangling red tape that kept the apartment from embracing all races.
http://elizagilkyson.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN5p1dPJoSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sin3FeAQAws
http://www.ninagerber.com/
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LocationUnity of the Valley (View)
3912 Dillard Rd
Eugene, OR 97405
United States
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