Alethea New York, New York
The voice of Alethea pierces the soul. Whether with bare piano keys or dashes of ear-tingling electronica, with subtlety and grace, she explores her own relationships and the raw yearning inside all of us. Her confessional torch folk, heard by audiences in the U.S. and abroad, sounds like Sarah McLaughlin mixed with EDM and a touch of PJ Harvey. ... more
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