Alela Diane: Alela Diane & Wild Divine - review

(Rough Trade)For her third album, US folk songwriter Alela Diane has given her beefed-up band a delicate new name – Wild Divine – and her traditional sound a glossy pop finish. Joining hubby Tom Bevitori and dad Tom Menig on guitar, bassist Jonas Haskins and drummer Jason Merculief weave the rhythm of the road through Diane's equally restless tales of hope, death and strange women. Musically, her new direction is colourful, with electric guitar brazen against pedal steel and slide, retro key...

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