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Eliza Gilkyson - Roses at the End of Time (2011)

Eliza Gilkyson - Roses at the End of Time (2011)

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Genre: Folk

Red House Records will release Eliza Gilkyson's first studio album in three years, Roses at the End of Time. This long-awaited sequel to 2008's highly-acclaimed Beautiful World reveals a songwriter at the height of her story-telling powers. Gilkyson's music has always reflected her vivid vision of the world around her, full of equal measures of joy and sorrow. The songs on Roses at the End of Time are no exception, each one a window into a life of struggle and triumph in a world 'poised on the edge of moral, spiritual and economic bankruptcy.' Her subjects range from the universal (the corrido 'Vayan al Norte,' already hailed as a modern-day 'Deportees,' and 'Once I Had a Home,' a reflection on Palestine that taps into all humankind's longing for place) to the deeply personal (the achingly vulnerable love song 'Roses at the End of Time', and a poignant collection of fragmented memories of her mother, 'Belle of the Ball'). Roses at the End of Time expands Gilkyson's considerable repertoire of socio-political commentary. These days, political commentary is not limited to traditional folk music, she says. Radical 'folk music' is coming out in every genre of music. The mould is being broken, and it's a great time to experiment with ways to get meaningful perspectives across to a receptive public. For Gilkyson, this meaningful perspective embraces sympathy for those who suffer at the hands of unfair economic and social systems, along with a recognition of the need to reinvent the ways we live our lives and a desire to connect the dots between our own complacency and the decline of our culture. This is heavy stuff, but, as always with Gilkyson's work, it is balanced with a sense of humour and an abiding love for the natural world and the potential of the 'angels of our better natures.' Although she often claims her first goal in her music is to make great art, the overarching message of the storyteller-as-everyman in Roses at the End of Time is a gentle reminder for empathy. It is no accident that Gilkyson bookends these 11 vignettes with songs that illuminate her own personal struggles: 'Midnight on Raton,' which invokes the same wistful sense of loneliness as the Townes Van Zandt classic it references, and 'Blue Moon Night,' which delivers a fragile but tenacious message of hope found in the beauty of simpler things.

Tracklisting

1. Blue Moon Night 5:49

2. Death In Arkansas 4:14

3. Looking For A Place 2:59

4. Roses At The End Of Time 3:24

5. Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4:07

6. Belle Of The Ball 6:59

7. Vayan Al Norte 5:59

8. 2153 3:19

9. Midnight On Raton 3:50

10. Once I Had A Home 6:40

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