To Be Still [Audio CD] DIANE,ALELA - Very Good

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To Be Still is the Rough Trade debut from Alela Diane and the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed 2006 debut, The Pirate's Gospel. That record brought the Nevada City, California reared musician a dedicated following across the globe (especially in Europe, where she recently finished a tour of midsized concert halls). Geoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records, says “Alela Diane is a real American songwriter. Both flinty and beautiful. She draws from a tradition that might include Sandy Denny and Karen Dalton and she suffers not a jot in comparison. Rough Trade is proud to be able to bring you this release.” Artist And Album Information To Be Still was created throughout 2007 & 2008. "It began in Portland, OR and was finished in scatters between tours at my dad's home studio in Nevada City, CA", Alela says. "I wanted to record this collection of songs using arrangements which would represent them in their finest form. These songs requested more instrumental filigree than those on The Pirate's Gospel. It was challenging to delicately yet purposefully incorporate instrumentation into songs that I was so used to singing by myself. I was determined to make it work, because I wanted percussion! I wanted to hear the lonesome bow of the violin! I heard many harmonies in my head, and so I set out to capture them." From the mandolin on "Tatted Lace", the gorgeous pedal steel on the title track to the strings on "Take Us Back", and the multi-tracked vocals throughout, it's clear that Ms. Menig's musical palette has expanded. Where Pirate's Gospel benefited from a bare bones production that emphasized her powerful voice, the fuller and more varied sounds here help bring the strength of her songwriting to the fore. In the past, Alela's work has been associated with one or more musical movements. And while no music exists in a complete vacuum, the wholly original music on To Be Still was borne of contemplation and isolation. "Most were written in the cabin in Nevada City, and during my stint of domesticity in the Victorian flat further North; others were captured elsewhere, in moments of calm", she says. The album shows Alela Diane Menig to be as compelling and unique a voice as Will Oldham or Karen Dalton. Track Listing: Dry Grass and Shadows White As Diamonds Age Old Blue To Be Still Take Us Back The Alder Trees My Brambles The Ocean Every Path Tatted Lace Lady Divine

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