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Alela Diane Performs Lady Divine on BBC Later With Jools Holland... 16 September 2009 in Alela Diane
Alela Diane performed Lady Divine alongside her father, Tom Menig, as part of Later With Jools Holland which is now available to watch on Jools Holland’s BBC page.
Alela will also be playing another song on Later With Jools Holland on Friday at 10pm on BBC2.
Alela Diane - "Lady Divine" and Brooklyn appearance 6 August 2009 in Alela Diane
Alela is playing at Union Hall, Brooklyn on the 14th August. Details below…
And while we’re on the subject, why not watch this lovely video…
Look for Alela’s new EP “Alela and Alina” out October 6th on Rough Trade
Alela Diane - West Coast Tour 23 April 2009 in Alela Diane
This May, anyone on the America’s west coast will have the opportunity to hear Alela Diane’s remarkable voice live. Alela’s voice and songwriting is a complete joy, she can let loose with gale force when she wants to and can reign it in with a ghostly, mournful style at other times and always remain heart-aching and beautiful. Support comes from Iron and Wine and Mariee Sioux.
May 5 Triple Door Seatle WA w Iron & Wine
May 7 The Loft San Diego...
Biography
Portland, Oregon singer and songwriter Alela Diane. Hailing from the deep woods and winding rivers of northern California gold rush town nevada city, Alela grew up singing songs with her parents (both musicians), and performing in the school choir. During a stay in San Francisco in 2003, she began teaching herself guitar and writing her first songs, blending tense, trance-like arpeggios, with warm, thick vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. Written in response to a loss of home and familiarity, her first album ‘The Pirate’s Gospel’ is a powerful document of personal reevaluation and renewal set against the backdrop of generations past and future, mothers and fathers, life, death, and birth. The songs were composed during a trip to Europe and recorded in her father’s studio in Nevada city. Enchanting and endearing in equal parts, the album won the Rough Trade shops album of the year 2007.
http://www.aleladiane.com