"I wrote this song after a quick trip down to the tiny California town where I grew up. No matter how much time passes, part of my heart will always live among those golden hills. On this particular visit, I found myself talking to a woman who I clearly must have known in a former chapter of life, but I couldn't place her. Time sure can move through like a wildfire. All that's left are muted memories, elusive as ghosts."
"It was an epiphany to realize how much I missed my community. I felt very clear about what I wanted in that moment: I want to be alive. I want to see live music. I want to play it."
Alela Diane announces Who's Keeping Time?, due May 22 via Fluff & Gravy/Loose Music. The record was inspired in part by the recent loss of folk legend Michael Hurley and by a renewed desire to reconnect with community and live performance. Diane co-produced the album with Sam Weber and recorded with Danny Austin-Manning (drums), Sebastian Owens (bass), Anna Tivel (vocals and violin), and Peter Lalish (guitar). The first single, "California," reflects on returning to the small California town of her youth and on memory and time. The album contains eleven tracks and coincides with a Europe and U.S. tour from May through August.
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