Alela Diane is keenly aware of time passing, the unrelenting flow of seasons, the flower’s fleeting bloom — but what she cares about most deeply, is now. More than a decade into one of contemporary folk’s most quietly extraordinary careers, and emerging from her own kind of artistic winter, Alela returns rich with fruit. The Portland songwriter’s seventh album Who’s Keeping Time? came as the consequence of intuition, coincidence, and community. “I came to the end of a season last year,”
Alela shares. “My daughters had grown a bit. I no longer had babies waking me in the middle of the night. I could hear myself think again.” More and more, those thoughts circled music.
Alela Diane: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Danny Austin-Manning: Drums
Sebastian Owens: Electric Bass
Luke Ydstie: Wurlitzer
Sam Weber: Electric Guitar
Kati Claborn: Background Vocals
Anna Tivel: Violin
AC Sapphire: Background Vocals
The Fat Angel Sings 