Alela Diane, live at The Griffin House
Wednesday, September 2nd | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
More than a decade into one of contemporary folk's most quietly extraordinary careers, Alela Diane returns with Who's Keeping Time? via Fluff & Gravy / Loose Music. The Portland songwriter's seventh full-length came out of grief, intuition, and a renewed pull toward her indie music community. After taking the solo route on her last handful of releases, she recorded with producer Sam Weber (Madison Cunningham, Anna Tivel) in the attic of her 1892 Victorian home, joined by guitarist Peter Lalish (Lucius), drummer Danny Austin-Manning, bassist Sebastian Owens, Kati Claborn and Luke Ydstie of Blind Pilot, Anna Tivel, and AC Sapphire. The result is an 11-track set ranging from lulling to raw to cinematic, with Alela's mellifluous voice a lively and affecting instrument throughout—revealing an artist with the particular strength required to face pain without getting lost.
Alela's lustrous discography has earned major critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR Music, The Guardian, and beyond. UNCUT has described her skill as "insanely beautiful, with the strength and delicacy of spider silk," counting her work among the 50 best singer-songwriter albums of all time, alongside John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Paul Simon. Consequence echoed that significance, declaring, “Hers is a timeless sound, that of a wayfaring troubadour, which only seems to come a few times a generation."
With her newest album, Alela Diane transforms grief into gathering—reaffirming her place as a vital, living force in contemporary folk music.
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THIS CONCERT BENEFITS THE GIFT OF TIME
We strongly believe that supporting our local community is not only our responsibility, but our duty as a local business. For that reason, this concert is a not for-profit event. The beneficiary of our 2026 concert series is The Gift of Time Foundation, a local non-profit whose mission is to provide overnight care for single mothers with newborns in need in the Columbia River Gorge.
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