Alela Diane "Accompanied mostly by her acoustic guitar, newcomer Alela Diane sings stark, ghostly folk. .. she's already flaunting a large, lived-in growl flavored by antediluvian blues and jazz inflections. This Portland based siren shares with (Joanna Newsom)a primitivism shaped by backward glances and backwoods living.... Diane seems destined for grander endeavors." Spin Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler performs with an intricate finger-style on the guitar, 12 string guitar, ukele, and 5-string banjo, as well as the latest addition of keyboards and organ. Yet it is often her voice that is a shuttle towards another time, a haunting soprano reverberating with melancholy and longing. From her earliest incarnations, Marissa appeared with music that was unique and gorgeous, skillfully and simply hinting at the songs of the sea, the haunting chansons of maidens, the cowboy ditties of ranchers, and the funerary processions of mourners. The eerie quality of her atmospheric music gives her songs a timelessness and sadness that is often described as other worldly.