No Depression calls Austinite Eliza Gilkyson "an exquisite weaver of story songs that strike at the heart of personal experience." Courageous, sometimes political, and always powerful, the songs of Eliza Gilkyson are edgy, passionate creations that ought to appeal to any Lucinda Williams fan in a big way (and she was around before Lucinda was). This L.A.-to-Texas transplant has music in the blood; her father, Hollywood songwriter Terry Gilkyson, composed "Bare Necessities" and "Greenfields," among other standards, and one or two of them often show up in her concerts, engagingly introduced. Eliza comes to Michigan with a new release, "The Nocturne Diaries." featuring several songs on the dark side but always infused with compassion and warmth. It's a major new release from a songwriter who just keeps getting better.