Alela Diane November 20, 2007

"... powerfully crafted melodies and features a vocal twang not unlike Jolie Holland or even Bessie Smith: mature and lived in, with a catch at the high end that literally takes your breath away. It's a languid, unstudied paean to old American folk styles that neatly pulls off the balancing act of being entirely contemporary while paying subtle tribute to America's musical past."
Seattle Weekly

"Accompanied mostly by her acoustic guitar, newcomer Alela Diane Menig sings stark, ghostly folk. Far less girly than kindred spirit Joanna Newsom, and no less commanding, this Portland based siren shares with her pal a primitivism shaped by backward glances and backwoods living." Spin Magazine, December 2006



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