An Interview with Alesss from Alessi's Ark..
For those who do not know you please describe what you do?
I play songs. I feel lucky you came across them.
What artists/ musicians/ things in general, are the main influences on your song writing?
Really good people are influential. Kind folks going about their ways. Family, friends, travels, the sea, the moon, a sweetheart - quite a few things are precious and influential. Music wise : some very beautiful music is made over in Omaha (where the album was recorded) - Neva Dinova, McCarthy Trenching, Thunder Power, Son, Ambulance - to name a few and they are inspiring in their own ways. Of late I've been writing quite a bit and listening to Patti Smith and Sam Cooke - and a song by Burnett & Rutherford called 'All Night Long Blues'.. it's such a good one! Listen to your Nana and Grandad - they'll tell it like it is.
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Click here to read the rest of this interview in The 2008 Festival Edition