Drawing inspiration from a song writing lineage which includes Bob Dylan and the 1960s folk/protest movement, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and Paul Westerberg, Thea Gilmore’s commitment is to the song and to the impulses which made it worth writing in the first place: her mission statement is to deliver the material faithfully and free from what she would consider dishonesty and clutter. “Gilmore is in a league of her own” -Q