Ok. This is an odd one for me. Go put the video for 'White as Diamonds' on below and please help answer me this. Is it a good song or am I just addicted to singing along to the "oh-oh oh-ooh-whoah-ooh-oh, oh ooh oh, oh whoa…" thing? I've put the album To Be Still on quite a lot in the record shop where I work, particularly when the older folks (see what it does to me? It's "old people" in this c
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Alela Diane is another singer/songwriter from the folk genre. There seems to be hundreds of these artists, usually plaguing open mic nights, Diane doesn't really stand head and shoulders above the rest but "To Be Still" has its moments that make her a little more interesting than the majority of others. Her voice, a key part of her signature sound, is a cross between folk, yodel and Alanis Mo...
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Greetings, all! I have finally returned to Mog after a few mis-starts. I've spent a year travelling, inside and outside of my head, and and now 100% fit and healthy and in the mood for music. I was formerly know here as KezOnTour and KezOnTourAgain, and rejoin the land of Mog under the guise of the new zine I am editing, soon to be launched. At the end of this month, I will finally be seeing, a...
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I didn't like this song the first time I heard it. I thought Alela Diane sounded like a milk maid in the country back in the day. Like 1800s back in the day. Maybe that works for some people, but I wasn't feeling it. Buuuuuut…. it's grown on me. And it seems like all the [...]
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(Article ) Having met her an seen her perform in a small local gathering a couple of years ago, I knew she would do great things and so it goes.. her 2nd Album is now gaining first looks and first honors among the industry.. Paste's article for thier Weekly Artist, Alela Diane Menig: Alela Diane did not mean for this to happen. "This music thing was really a back road I accidentally went off,"...
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I inadvertently got loads of time to listen to some stockpiled stuff this weekend and at the forefront of the pack is this song from Nevada City's Alela Diane from her forthcoming To Be Still album due in February on Rough Trade. It's got a slight Joanna Newsom feel to the melody but ultimately, it's [...]
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(VIDEO)Fresh off her European Tour here's local artist Alela Diane's first single off her new softmore LP. She's finally finding a home for her voice, in songs that do it justice.
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Folk songstress Alela Diane having crafted one of the most delicate and beautiful albums of the year with To Be Still takes time out of a North American and European tour schedule to answer Webcuts' questions about the Newsom connection, the move from Cali to Portland and Saturday Night Live.
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Alela Diane is another singer/songwriter from the folk genre. There seems to be hundreds of these artists, usually plaguing open mic nights, Diane doesn't really stand head and shoulders above the rest but "To Be Still" has its moments that make her a little more interesting than the majority of others. Her voice, a key part of her signature sound, is a cross between folk, yodel and Alanis Mo...
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Alela Diane’s To Be Still I’ve heard about for a number of months, the first of which was a 5 out of 5 from Now Magazine (I’d link to them if they had a search function). Followed by some great reviews from Pitchfork and Paste, it was an album I’d like to pick up.I’ve had [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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Ok. This is an odd one for me. Go put the video for 'White as Diamonds' on below and please help answer me this. Is it a good song or am I just addicted to singing along to the "oh-oh oh-ooh-whoah-ooh-oh, oh ooh oh, oh whoa…" thing? I've put the album To Be Still on quite a lot in the record shop where I work, particularly when the older folks (see what it does to me? It's "old people" in this c
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When you have a voice as pure and sweet as Nevada City's Alela Diane, you don't need a flashy complicated video to get your point across. Diane's latest video for the song "Every Path", from her album To Be Still, is as simple as it gets. The video opens with the lovely songstress s ...
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