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Artist
Allysen Callery
12+ albums
singer-songwriterfemale vocalistsfolkacousticfemale vocalist
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Allysen Callery (born 25 September 1967) is an American alternative folk artist from Rhode Island, USA , with an intricate & unique finger style, & a voice that has been called mesmerizing & angelic. Growing up in New England, she was heavily influenced by her parent’s British Isles Folk Revival records of the late 60s early 70s . Her first two albums Hopey (2007) and Hobgoblin’s Hat (2010) were self-released, but reached an international audience, thanks to radio stations such as Folk Radio UK, Sideways Through Sound (Australia) and favorable reviews from Terrascope. In 2011 her EP Winter Island was released by Woodland Recordings (Berlin), with Callery touring Germany and Switzerland in it’s support. The rare first edition of this EP sold out in it’s first month of release. She has been called “The Tim Burton of Folk Music” , her quiet & dark style has made her a favorite of artists and critics alike, including Marissa Nadler who listed Winter Island in her Best Albums of 2011. “Winter Island is a record that could proudly sit tall next to Sibylle Baier’s Colour Green and Leonard Cohen’s Songs From A Room. It’s impossibly delicate, gorgeously written, and emanates a timeless quality.” ~Marissa Nadler for We Listen For You In Oct 2012 Callery's second EP ”The Summer Place” was released by Berlin-based indie label Woodland Recordings, with Callery again returning to Germany & Switzerland. In addition, the vinyl-only record label JellyFant pressed Winter Island and The
