Career
His latest album "Oklahoma Murphy" released in 2013 was funded by Rawlco Radio. "As a songwriter he always tries to tell stories about life as he experiences lieutenant He has been known to put a fictitious spin on things, but that"s part of telling stories.”
In 2010 he released “The Re-Session, and stays busy with appearances in the folk circuit, with constant touring he has "racked up untold thousands of road miles.” In 2011 Gilbert released “Tyler’s World” Gilbert has appeared live on many radio stations as well as on television
Gilbert’s influences include that of Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
"Tyler"s World" Has recently been released at HMV locations in Canada "Windsor"s campus radio station, CJAM, named him artist of the week and Lethbridge"s campus radio station, CJSR, put him into weekly rotation. Prison Wall Blues, one of his songs from a previous album, peaked on Saskatchewan"s Top 30 countdown and lasted 16 months on the charts."
"Over the years, he’s discovered that themes surrounding a single man popular up most frequently in his music
He credits his natural affinity to people-watching for his attempts at guessing what someone is thinking about." Gilbert was a recent winning recipient of Rawlco Radio"s 10k20 grant. Gilbert was noticed by Ominocity, “Taking on an aggressive folk sound, with plenty of ripping electric guitar parts, Gilbert’s take on the genre is both refreshing and atypical.
With strong vocals persisting throughout the album, there is still something wholly familiar, even haunting, about his songwriting.“ Prairie Dog quoted Gilbert as a “prolific folk songwriter”.“
Gilbert was well received at the Montmartre Folk Festival All Folked Up In Montemartre, “He just plainly enjoys performing and recording and we just plainly love to listen to him.“ Tyler"s album "Tyler"s World" is distributed by Dynasty Records He was featured on Shaw television"s one-hour program Stripped Down.
His song "Prison Wall Blues" remains on the music charts at Saskatchewan Top 30 Tyler has received multiple plays on Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio 1 Afternoon Edition, Morning Edition as well as the Saskatchewan Weekend Quoted by the Leader Post "the 22-year-old put out his first album in 2006 and has shared the stage with Sean McCann from Great Big Sea. McCann said he was glad to be in Regina just to see Gilbert play.“ Los Angeles Beat was quoted saying “Gilbert played an upbeat set of popular-folk music He started off on an upbeat note, but slowed things down on a set of mostly original material featuring pleasant guitar playing and upbeat melodies”.“ The Walleye quoted Gilbert"s sound as “the clear crisp chords, combined with thoughtful lyrics, created a relaxing folk/rock mix.” Was the Prairie Dog "Pick of the Day" The Leader Post included Gilbert in the top 12 current Regina musicians.
