Alela Diane
Saint Luke's, 17 Bain Street, G40 2JZ Glasgow Kort
fim. 01.10.2026 19:00
14+ (under 16s with an adult)
Portland-based songwriter Alela Diane returns with her phenomenal new record, Who’s Keeping Time? (due out May 2026 via Loose Music), emerging from a decade spent quietly releasing music while raising her family.
Backed by some of Portland’s finest musicians, she is hitting the road to perform in clubs and theatres with a full band.
Her career began in 2004 with the DIY release of her debut album, The Pirate’s Gospel, which quickly earned critical acclaim and helped establish her as a key voice in the indie folk revival. Over the years she has toured alongside fellow artists such as Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Joanna Newsom, and The Decemberists.
Across a two-decade career, Diane has cultivated a devoted international following throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. She has continually connected with audiences through new releases, extensive touring, and festival appearances at renowned events including Noise Pop, End of the Road, Green Man, Bergenfest, Pickathon, and Newport Folk Festival.
With a fresh new band and an eager fan base awaiting her return, Alela Diane is stepping back onto the road with new music and an exciting renewed sound.
"Her thoughtful dreamy vocals drift across a grand piano providing both pretty and wistful songs with emotional wallop“ - The Guardian
"Rooted in the past from the start the music of Alela Diane has always had a touch of age-old mettle and awe“ - The Line of Best Fit
"Immaculately beautiful indie-folk songs” - Paste Magazine
“Sophisticated, understated songs delivered in a cool, authoritative voice, rich with clarity, narrative detail, and timeless melancholy.” - The Independent
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Alela Diane
When an eerie September windstorm roared through the Pacific Northwest, sparking historic wildfires that choked the region with hazardous smoke, Portland singer-songwriter Alela Diane took to the piano in her backyard studio and began to pour her unease into a song.
By the next day, Diane, who is known for her “immaculately beautiful indie-folk songs”(Paste Magazine), had recorded a rough version of the epic “Howling Wind,” the first single from her cathartic and ethereal sixth studio album Looking Glass.
What began during the unfolding of a single natural disaster evolved into a song about the wider instability and volatility of contemporary life. The “howling wind” becomes a metaphor for our many collective fears and sorrows, captured here in powerfully stark imagery. (“The orange sun burning through the smoke/vultures circling til a man choked/There is war in the street.”) In Diane’s warm voice, the mounting chorus itself takes on the feeling of a howl, mellifluous but urgent: “Howling wind, there’s a howling wind/ A wild wind that’s howling through all that we’ve built.”
