Alela Diane : AOL One To Watch

AOL have added Alela Diane as "One To Watch"

"Who is she? Alela Diane is an acoustic folk singer-songwriter from Nevada City, California whose sound has been described as "campfire gospel", with a lilting lyrical delivery comparable with Joanna Newsom and Gillian Welch .

Alela Diane's forthcoming album To Be Still, released on 16 Feb is the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed 2006 debut The Pirates Gospel.

Recorded in Nevada City and Portland, Oregon, it's a gorgeous sonic expansion of her sparse debut, featuring pedal steel, violin and rustic percussion, with lyrics tangled up in brambles and foxtails and wind-whipped sea cliffs. From the woozy folk flourishes of opener Dry Grass & Shadows, to the heart-shattering final track, Lady Divine."

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