Interview: Alela Diane
admin on Jun 1st 2008
Epitomising the notion of being mature beyond one’s years, indie starlet Alela Diane may sound like a greying, motherly figure with a knack for storytelling, but her growling timbre came about with astonishing ease. “I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 19, so I was a late starter to both,” she says. “It was only because I had moved far beyond my comfort zone to San Francisco that song writing became my way of getting the homesickness out of me.” Continue Reading »
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Alela Diane
admin on Jun 22nd 2007
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Alela Diane – The Rifle
The first and most prominent song on Alela Diane’s first official release, “The Rifle” is striking not just for its glowing, tender qualitiy, but for its lyrics, as visual as they are eerie. Another folk artist from Nevada City who built up a following on the strength of her self-recorded CD-Rs, Diane’s first public performance came at the invitation of Joanna Newsom, and her recently re-released ‘The Pirate’s Gospel’ has been extremely well-received, seeing her share billings with the likes of The Decemberists and Vashti Bunyan.
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