More importantly, though, we are social animals and we need the comfort of warm bodies and like-minded souls in real time, so there’s an emotional adjustment taking place that is fairly effective thanks to the online interactive opportunities. “I’ve been conducting a musical romance with the apocalypse most of my adult life, so I don’t think anyone has covered it from as many angles as I have, from the deconstruction of the religious overlay to the archetypical underpinnings of the concept.” I have done very well with sales in my Shopify store, where I offer signed merch, but it can’t compare to the sales I make when I tour. Whether you can make a living at it and really work a product remains to be seen. All those little plug-ins and adapters you need to hook up your devices went off the online shelves about as fast as the toilet paper and the hand sanitizer! What happens to communities like ours when people can no longer access it in person – at a show, at Central Market, at SXSW?ĮG: Well, the communities shifted to online streaming pretty quickly. You can’t wait and release that in 2021 f'chrissake! But when you put it all in the context of a pandemic, then your priorities shift and you quickly become grateful for the many blessings that abound in your life.įor me: a home, a partner, my family, and good health.ĪC: As a global culture, people employ music for every purpose imaginable, obviously spanning religion to entertainment and everything in between. I mean the record is literally called 2020. I thought, with the songs on this record, Cisco and I had really addressed the emotional roller coaster ride we’re on these days watching our country fall apart. It is something that means a lot to me, to be proactive right now when there’s so much at stake. On top of that, this is a very topical, political record targeted to coincide with the 2020 election cycle.
It was a terrible blow to have to postpone the dates just as my record came out. I am so glad, in hindsight, we went the safe route. But after much back and forth with my team, we dropped out just before the reality hit. I had friends who got caught out there two weeks before my run, thanks to the disinformation being bandied about by our “leaders.” Very irresponsible. We were slated to fly into Seattle and work up into Canada and down into Oregon, basically the area first slammed by the virus. “I wrote sing-alongs, diatribes, frontline marching songs, and love letters to the Earth to help bring the troops together.”
I was determined to get out there and do the run, but it became clear by the end of March that that would be foolish, being in the at-risk age group.
In mid March, we were all debating day by day whether I should do the first Northwest run in mid April.
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They are a great source of comfort and sweetness.ĪC: At what point did C-19 shut down operations for you, and what went down with the ship, so to speak, both personally & professionally?ĮG: My new record 2020 was scheduled for release April 10, so I had tours starting up immediately on the West Coast, followed by the Southwest, and then a long run in the Northeast, plus festivals. This would all be a lot harder on me if I were alone or if their families weren’t nearby. We do social distancing visits and Cisco has helped me get our livestream shows up and running in the garage. My son (and record/video producer) Cisco Gilliland and his family are a few miles north of me, and my daughter Delia Castillo and her family are a few miles southwest of me. Austin Chronicle: Where are you sheltering and under what circumstances? Who else is there and how’s that going?Įliza Gilkyson: I am hunkered down in South Austin with my husband Robert Jensen and our dog Pearl.
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