To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no histrionics — just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots music that shaped her. 

On Circumstance, her forthcoming record to be released February 2023, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter guitarist displays her vocal prowess and introspective writing in abundance, mining both her heart and her musical tastes for a deep, personal journey across an Americana soundscape dotted with blues, folk, country, soul and rock. Recorded in two sessions at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Etta James and Wilson Pickett once shook the walls, the record channels their spirits with 11 stirring tracks that pull no punches diving into the vagaries of the heart and her own personal journey. As an old soul inside a 30-something millennial, Alice puts her stamp on Americana’s venerable strands with 10 standout originals evoking both the classic singer-songwriters and the seminal music that once filled airwaves, roadhouses and juke joints.

Circumstance follows her debut 2019 album Visions and the earlier EP You’ve Been Away So Long, both of which led to being dubbed a rising star in the folk world. Now, she has built on that success, expanding her horizons and continuing along the path that began long ago in Newton, Massachusetts with her absorbing her parents’ eclectic record collection. Produced and arranged by her creative partner, Freebo, a veteran bass player and former Bonnie Raitt band member, Circumstance presents a powerful, poetic collection of heartfelt expression — Alice Howe’s answer to the call that keeps whispering in her ear.

Composer from Puerto Rico who enjoys rhythmic music, sparkly textures, and dem-bow.

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Praised as “rich with vivid imagery” and “highly detailed and multi-layered” (New Music Box), Evan Ware’s music is one of angular, bristling energy that ranges from clamorous sublimity to reverent tenderness. Through his works, he grapples with many uncompromising challenges in 21st century life, from childhood trauma and recovery, neurodivergence, and social isolation, to our critically overburdened abilities to focus. Each piece, therefore, is an invitation for composer, performer, and audience to find each other, to make community, and—amid our struggles—to feel and think deeply together.

Evan’s music has been performed in the United States, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and in Canada, as well as on CBC Radio 2, Michigan Radio, and WCMU. He has been privileged to work with pianist Nadia Shpachenko, singer Amy Petrongelli, the ÆPEX Sinfonietta, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montéal, the Arraymusic Ensemble, the University of Michigan Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, the Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet, and the symphonic wind ensembles of Central Michigan University and Cal Poly Pomona. Evan’s music has been supported by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the City of Ottawa, among others. Evan also maintains an active career as a scholar of popular and multimedia music. He is Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Cal Poly Pomona.

Hi! I'm a composer from New Zealand and I live in Brooklyn, New York. I love collaborating with people to make beautiful things and also the colour yellow. You can get in touch through my website contact page.

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