Alela Diane has readied her latest self-release, About Farewell, on her own label, Rusted Blue Records. Ten years ago her first self-release, Forest Parade, marked her expression that is a season of eternal autumn; dreamy layers of acoustic strums are backed with brassy elements, and her voice is an earthy alto with occasional high-rise songbird pitches. On Farewell, a cleansing rain of Alela’s poetry accost disappointment and the roots of her weariness. The color and light that flickers through is her empowerment to make ardent, definitive decisions and statements, especially the hardest ones concerning love and letting go. Her album release show at the century-aged Old Church will be a revival if you seek calm from the constant sense of urgency outside. Holcombe Waller opens, and Alela is accompanied by a string trio and friend Heather Broderick (Horse Feathers, Efterklange) on flute and piano. Also, there is the surreal option of having a beer while viewing from a church pew. – Brandy Crowe
"A vision blurred through colored glass
The white washed walls of summer’s passed
The smoldering I do recall
The hopeless fade, the way we fall"