Alela Diane has a new album due out in July and this is the title track, 'About Farewell'. She's given us a beautiful sadness, looking straight into the face of a relationship that's run its course and saying farewell.
The album is supposed to be mainly about Alela's recent divorce but also explores her relationships over the past ten years. The sound goes back to the simplicity of her first album focusing on voice and guitar with an emphasis on words - always listen to the words in an Alela song.
I first came across Alela in 2007 and saw her at a little club in Kilburn called The Luminaire, just her and another guitarist. I think that's when I fell in love with her voice and her words, the simplicity of the music of her storytelling. Since then I've see her at the Roundhouse and at Shepherd's Bush and looked forward to each new album.
If you get the chance, see Alela play live and listen to her music.
The album is supposed to be mainly about Alela's recent divorce but also explores her relationships over the past ten years. The sound goes back to the simplicity of her first album focusing on voice and guitar with an emphasis on words - always listen to the words in an Alela song.
I first came across Alela in 2007 and saw her at a little club in Kilburn called The Luminaire, just her and another guitarist. I think that's when I fell in love with her voice and her words, the simplicity of the music of her storytelling. Since then I've see her at the Roundhouse and at Shepherd's Bush and looked forward to each new album.
If you get the chance, see Alela play live and listen to her music.
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