Who's Keeping Time? Alela Diane

• 1 California 03:29
• 2 Galloping 03:30
• 3 In My Own Time 03:10
• 4 Dusty Roses 03:23
• 5 Could Be 03:33
• 6 Spring Is A Fine Time 03:35
• 7 Wide Open Spaces 04:31
• 8 Piss, Coffee, Blood or Wine? 04:16
• 9 To Be Kind 03:29
• 10 Fragile As A Flame 04:02
• 11 Endless Waltz 04:11
• Total Runtime 41:09

Info for Who's Keeping Time?

Alela Diane
has ranked among the most distinctive voices in American indie-folk for over two decades. Growing up in a musically rich environment, she turned to the guitar and songwriting at an early age.

She garnered international attention in the mid-2000s with the album *The Pirate’s Gospel*; its stripped-down arrangements and evocative imagery quickly established her as a fixture within a new generation of folk artists.

Diane’s music thrives on restraint and precision: a clear, unadorned voice, acoustic instrumentation, and lyrics that weave personal experiences together with universal themes. Nature, transience, relationships, and processes of inner transformation run like a common thread through her body of work. Critics have described her songs as "quiet, yet possessing a lasting impact," while *Paste Magazine* has characterized her tracks as "flawlessly beautiful indie-folk songs."

Today, Alela Diane resides in Portland, Oregon. Her songs continue to exist beyond the ebb and flow of musical trends—introspective, and imbued with poetic clarity and a quiet resolve. Her new—and sixth—studio album, *Looking Glass*, was produced by Tucker Martine (Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists) and features contributions from artists including Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), Scott Avett (The Avett Brothers), and Ryan Francesconi (Joanna Newsom). It is not without reason that *Rolling Stone* has hailed it as a "poignant masterpiece." As *Bedroomdisco* observed, she takes "moments from her own life" and "transforms them into songs with which we can all identify."

Alela Diane represents a brand of folk music that is neither nostalgically backward-looking nor beholden to the past; rather, it speaks directly from the present moment—timeless, magnificent music that never imposes itself, but instead creates space. She possesses an uncanny ability to completely detach herself—and her music—from any specific musical or historical context. We are looking forward to this with reverent anticipation—and are already a little proud—that OBS is the only festival they are gracing with their presence as part of their European tour this spring.

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