Red Horse (album)

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Red Horse
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 2010
Genre Folk
Singer-songwriter
Length44:26
Label Red House
Eliza Gilkyson chronology
Beautiful World
(2008)
Red Horse
(2010)
John Gorka chronology
So Dark You See
(2009)
Red Horse
(2010)
No.TitleWriter(s)Performed byLength
1."I Am a Child" Neil Young Eliza Gilkyson3:26
2."Scorpion"Lucy Kaplansky, Richard LitvinLucy Kaplansky3:48
3."Wild Horse"Eliza GilkysonJohn Gorka3:51
4."Promise Me"Lucy Kaplansky, Richard LitvinEliza Gilkyson4:30
5."Don't Mind Me"Lucy Kaplansky, Richard LitvinJohn Gorka4:07
6."Sanctuary"Eliza GilkysonLucy Kaplansky3:53
7."Coshieville"Stuart McGregorJohn Gorka3:25
8."Blue Chalk"John GorkaLucy Kaplansky4:11
9."Forget to Breathe"John GorkaEliza Gilkyson2:18
10."If These Walls Could Talk"John GorkaJohn Gorka2:26
11."Walk Away from Love"Eliza GilkysonEliza Gilkyson5:00
12."Wayfaring Stranger"traditionalLucy Kaplansky3:31

Chart performance

Sales charts:

ChartPeak
position
Date
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 38August 21, 2010 [10]
U.S. Billboard Folk albums 6August 21, 2010 [10]

Radio airplay charts:

ChartPeak
position
Date
Folk Radio Top Albums1July & August 2010 [11]
Folk Radio Top Artists1July & August 2010 [11]
Americana Radio Albums 29August 9, 2010 [12]

Tour dates

DateVenueCity
August 21, 2010 Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival Owen Sound, ON, Canada
August 22, 2010Summerfolk Music and Crafts FestivalOwen Sound, ON, Canada
November 19, 2010Northern California Center for the Arts Grass Valley, CA
November 20, 2010Sebastopol Community Center Sebastopol, CA
November 21, 2010 The Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA
November 22, 2010 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico, CA
December 2, 2010 Smith Opera House Geneva, NY
December 3, 2010The Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT
December 4, 2010Landmark on Main Street Port Washington, NY
April 14, 2011Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
April 15, 2011The Minnaert Center for the Arts
South Puget Sound Community College
Olympia, WA
April 17, 2011St. James Hall Vancouver, BC, Canada
June 19, 2011Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, Croton Point Park Croton-on-Hudson, NY
July 12, 2011Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY

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