Saturday September 30, 2023, 7:30pm
Rachael Kilgour returns to SongSpace! Rachael is a Canadian-American songwriter and performing artist whose plain-spoken, lyric-driven work and intimate performances have endeared her to listeners and fellow artists alike. The 2015 grand prize winner of the NewSong Music Competition and a winner of the 2017 Kerrville New Folk Contest, she has been featured at NYC’s Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Her forthcoming album, written in memory of her late father and produced by Rose Cousins, will be released in September of 2023. Her oft-noted “unapologetic lyrics” (Rolling Stone) and “master crafted indie folk” sensibilities (Billboard) are on full display in this latest collection of songs.
Rachael’s September 30 SongSpace appearance will be an Album Release Show for her exquisite fourth full-length collection, My Father Loved Me. The album is a tribute to her late father, produced by JUNO Award-winning songwriter Rose Cousins and recorded in the senior Kilgour’s native Canada. In the spare, often gutting language for which she is known, Kilgour gives us a complex portrait of a man as seen through his daughter’s eyes. With unwavering acuity she poses questions about identity, inheritance, and grief, and affirms the value of one ordinary working man’s life to an often indifferent world. Pre-save your copy of My Father Loved Me today!
Like her father, Kilgour is a hard worker. She comes by her considerable skills honestly, honing her craft over the past decade in listening rooms, festivals, concert halls, and recording studios, and picking up accolades along the way. Kilgour first attained notoriety outside her native Duluth, MN as the grand prize winner of the 2015 international NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition and winner of the 2017 Kerrville New Folk Contest. She has been featured at NYC’s Lincoln Center, at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hailing from Boston, MA by way of Nashville, TN, Eve Goodman has made Pittsburgh her home since 2001. With four CDs in her collection, in 2022 she started a new video project “Pittsburgh Songscapes” with Bridget McKenna on video production and Christopher Mark Jones on audio production. Performing original material in different Pittsburgh neighborhoods, you can view the finished pieces on youtube at Eve Goodman Music. Check out the Behind the Scenes.
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