A self-taught guitarist, Alela hails from northern California and currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Alela Diane & Wild Divine is her third studio album, penned on the road whilst touring in 2009. Diane completed the album in 2010 with husband and guitarist Tom Bevitori.
Wild Divine refers to Bevitori and the rest of her band – father and guitarist Tom Menig, bassist Jonas Haskins and drummer Jason Merculief.
When producer/engineer Scott Litt (Nirvana, REM, The Replacements) caught wind of the circling demos, he ceased his seven-year dormancy and invited the group to his home studio in Venice, CA to share his vision.
Alela Diane & Wild Divine is the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2006 debut The Pirate’s Gospel (Rough Trade Shop’s album of 2006) and 2009’s To Be Still.
Alela has previously toured with The Decemberists and Iron and Wine
The perfect introduction to Alela and her band is this feature video filmed in her lovely home in Portland Orgeon.
Take a look.
ALELA DIANE & WILD DIVINE from More Dust Than Digital on Vimeo.
Alela Diane has launched an exciting charitable initiative with Housiing Works called Watching = Giving.
Next week, the full session of Alela Diane’s performance at Housing Works NYC will be made available for viewing. The more views the video gets, the more revenue will be generated via VEVO. All proceeds will be donated to Housing Works. What a simple yet brilliant idea!Here’s a taste of the of what’s to come, stay tuned for the full session.
