Artist: Eliza Gilkyson & Lynn Miles
Hometown: Eliza: Taos, New Mexico; Lynn: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Song: “What If We” fromĀ Folk Alliance‘s Artists In (Their) Residences program
Release Date: June 14, 2021
In Their Words: “When Aengus Finnan first approached me about a co-write I was leaning towards not doing it due to my sort of Covid Contraction State of Being last year, but as soon as he suggested Lynn Miles as my co-writer all the doors and windows swung wide open. I am such a fan of Lynn’s music and she also happens to be a great friend. The whole process was as easy and as fun as I imagined it could be. Lynn had a song idea already percolating so she sent me some rough thoughts and it totally triggered ideas from me, so we just traded back and forth and I think gave each other space to do our thing and respect during the process. She also challenged me on some lyrics at one point and I just went with her thoughts and actually learned something different in my writing process. Never too old to learn something new! So it was a positive experience all around and I look forward to playing the song out at some point.” — Eliza Gilkyson
“Eliza is one of my songwriter heroes so I’m thrilled that we wrote this song together!” — Lynn Miles
