Features
Jingle Bells Friday – probably time to get that tree up…
It is a vexed question – when to put the tree up? Some do it in November, some wait for Christmas Eve and some don’t have a tree at all. And really it’s all about what […]
Alela Diane
Live Reviews
Live Review: Alela Diane + Lindsay Clark, St Matthias Church, Dalston, London – 20th October 2022
The reverential setting of a church in the back streets of Dalston was the sold-out London stop on Alela Diane’s three gig European tour, promoting her new album ‘Looking Glass’ (see our review). This was an […]
Album Reviews
Alela Diane “Looking Glass”
A melancholic, melodic and thoughtful record which looks to the past and the future. Alela Diane’s first album for almost five years was recorded in Portland during the spring and summer of 2021. It’s a record […]
Tracks
Alela Diane “When We Believed” – talking to your younger self
‘When We Believed‘ is the latest single to be released by Portland singer-songwriter Alela Diane this year, with hints that there will be a full album soon as a follow-up to 2018’s ‘Cusp.’ ‘When We Believed‘ […]
Live Reviews
Alela Diane + Olivia Chaney, Union Chapel, Islington, London, 12 April 2018
Alela Diane’s set on her UK tour’s opening night draws largely from her latest piano-based album ‘Cusp’ along with songs from her 2009 gem, ‘To Be Still’. The Union Chapel, a functioning church in the heart of […]