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Alela Diane

Alela Diane Menig (born April 20, 1983, Nevada City, California, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. She grew up singing with her musician parents and performing in the school choir. She taught herself guitar, and began writing songs which blend tense, trance-like arpeggios with warm vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. Her first recordings were self-released in 2003 as Forest Parade.

About this concert

It may well have taken more than three years for her much lauded album and debut ‘The Pirate’s Gospel’ to reach us here and establish a following but now she's taken off it just can't go wrong for folky singer songwriter Alela Diane. She's played twice to a full house (in ‘08 and ‘09) in – euh – this house, then also released the successful album ‘To Be Still’ and contributed to the project of New York producers duo Headless Heroes – on which she sang covers of the likes of Nick Cave, Daniel Johnston and The Jesus & Mary Chain. It seems to have been quiet around her for rather a long time now but nothing could be further from the truth. Alela moved from her birthplace Nevada City (see also: Joanna Newsom, Mariee Sioux, Alina Hardin) to Portland Oregon, she released a 10 inch with her friend Alina Hardin, could be heard on a track by Blitzentrapper and changed her ‘band name’ to Alela Diane & Wild Divine (with, aside from dear father, now also dear husband amongst the members). In early '11 she will release her latest and third album, which according to Alela “… is a bit of a jaunt down a new path. It’s the sound of me with a band – and is the first album I’ve made with the direction of a producer.” After her first enchanting visits to AB surely you don't want to miss this one either?

Support will be the 20 year old American singer-songwriter and label colleague Dylan Leblanc who earlier this year released his debut album 'Paupers Field' (via Rough Trade), "one of this year's biggest surprises" according to Kindamuzik.