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- Summary: The latest release for the Austin-based singer-songwriter was produced by her son, Cisco Ryder.
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- Record Label: Red House Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
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May 30, 2014Overall there’s a principled (but never overbearing) humanism guiding her worldview. And her songs definitely rock, if never in a way that overpowers her words.
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UncutApr 1, 2014Essential and sublime. [Mar 2014, p.76]
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MojoApr 23, 2014[The Nocturne Diaries] is beautiful. [May 2014, p.91]
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Apr 1, 2014Like any good folk record, The Nocturne Diaries explores timely social and political issues, with songs about troubled youth and abuse survivors, but these pieces lack the raw immediacy that makes politically-tinged folk music work.
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Apr 1, 2014Much of the album’s charms, and there are many, can be found in Gilkyson’s delivery.
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Apr 1, 2014Gilkyson uses her nocturnal musings to create a shimmering album that sounds just as impressive in the daylight as in the darkness that inspired it.
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Apr 18, 2014Produced by her son Cisco Ryder, it’s a family album of elegant songs, well-framed in folk-rock settings.