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Artist
Allette Brooks
12+ albums
singer-songwriterfolkfemale vocalistsacousticfemale
about
Allette Brooks is a passionate and articulate singer-songwriter, from California, United States, committed to working towards healing on individual, community and global levels. Allette made her debut in 1996 and is currently working on her fourth album Blaze due for release in the summer of 2008. She is a dedicated yoga practitioner, teaching yoga at home and on the road. Allette's forthcoming album Blaze will feature her polar bear manifesto Lost the Shore, Lofoka (the scent of rain in the Southern African language Setswana), longtime operatic yodeling favorite Soprano Angst and Babel, exploring religion and spirituality in our fiery and volatile world. The album features the ensemble work of drummer Paulo Baldi of Cake and the Les Claypool and his Fancy Band, bassist Mark Calderone, and pianist Leo Chern. Allette has released three self-produced CDs and toured nationwide. She's a classically trained vocalist now singing acoustic folk. She didn't pick up her instrument of choice, a guitar, until she was studying ecology in Botswana as a college junior. She played until her fingers bled (this actually happened!) and then jumped into national touring four years later, playing over a hundred shows each year and winning fans from Astoria, OR, to Brunswick, ME. In 2004, Allette took a hiatus from touring to pursue her longtime vision of studying music about HIV/AIDS in Botswana. In May 2006, Allette completed her MA in African Studies at Yale University with a thesis titled
