| Gilkyson, Eliza / Secularia |
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| Album: | Secularia | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Gilkyson, Eliza | Added: | 11/2018 | |
| Label: | Compass Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-11-16 | Pull Date: | 2019-01-18 |
| Week Ending: | 20 Jan | 13 Jan | 6 Jan | 30 Dec | 23 Dec | 16 Dec | 9 Dec | 2 Dec |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 21, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard Dreamtime, Conservation | 4. | May 17, 2019: | Traditions In The Name Of The Lord | |
| 2. | Oct 31, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard Dreamtime | 5. | Feb 22, 2019: | Traditions Conservation | |
| 3. | Jan 18, 2020: | Hanging in the Boneyard Conservation | 6. | Jan 19, 2019: | The Iron Skillet Lifelines |
| Album Review |
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| Mr. Bones Reviewed 2018-11-16 | ||
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Secularia – Elyza Gilkyson (2018) Because it ponders two heady issues: contemplating meeting one's demise as a person without faith and imagining a non-patriarchal society in the days of Trump and Weinstein, Secularity is thematically complex. She calls her 20th release a gospel album for atheists. Musically it is a spare, yet superb production where the instrumentation discretely sets the mood for songs about mortality & womanhood that are conveyed in a captivating and celebratory manner with her crystal clear vocals (nothing maudlin here). Related: Gillian Welch FCC: None 1) Slow, acoustic song about nature with nice violin (3:16) *2) Midtempo, about coming together in the face of adversity with great slide guitar. Inspired by Yeats' The Second Coming poem. (4:06) *3) Beautiful contemplation on one's demise (and disposal) with dreamy steel guitar. Based on a poem by her grandmother before her death. (3:58) *4) Powerful (both sonically & thematically) critique of consumer society we have created 'in the name of the lord'. (4:11) *5) Enchanting story about those who 'cross over' while sleeping. (3:58) 6) Mystical, slow, thank you to the 'creator' for nature and our existence (4:34) 7) Slow ballad about not going back to what was left behind with (minimal) orchestral arrangement (4:48) *8) Exquisite duet with gospel singer Sam Butler based on Psalm 23 (3:47) 9) Upbeat, inspired by 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by Keats. (4:02) 10) Imagines the creator (Emmanuel) as female (Emmanuele) (6:19) *11) Reworked version of the classic done with Jimmy LaFave (5:25) 12) Is redemption possible given where we've gotten to these past 10,000 years (4:31) *Mr. Bones especially likes these | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Solitary Singer | 7. | Reunion | |||
| 2. | Lifelines | 8. | Sanctuary | |||
| 3. | Conservation | 9. | Through The Looking Glass | |||
| 4. | In The Name Of The Lord | 10. | Emmanuelle | |||
| 5. | Dreamtime | 11. | Down By The Riverside | |||
| 6. | Seculare | 12. | Instrument |