"Nevada City is just such a beautiful sweet town and a very idyllic place," says Alela Diane reflecting on the town at the confluence of the foothills and mountains in the Sierra Nevada where she grew up. The musician and multi-instrumentalist, who has lived in Portland, Oregon since 2006, creates a woodsy ethereal folk sound that fluently joins inspirations of her landscapes and geographies both personal and physical, and it's clear to pick up on how the forested winding roads and surreal daydreamy Yuba River of those Sierra mountains can be heard throughout her earlier recordings. While the quaint town lies mostly off the map, sitting alo ...