Alela Diane

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. Don’t forget to go outside / To feel the wind / To breathe the cold air / The winter branches in these bones / Know when to bloom / Know when to bear, she sings on album standout “In My Own Time.” 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.