ArtPower at UC San Diego Performing Arts Season 2008-2009

Broadside Ballads: Alela Diane

with mariee sioux

Following on from the success of the folk series last November The Loft introduces Broadside Ballads a monthly night of folk, rock, Americana and roots featuring national and international artists telling their stories through song.

If you look up Broadside Ballads on Wikipedia you’ll find it’s a term as old as the hills reaching way back to ye olde Robin Hood days! A Broadside was the name given to a sheet of paper on which just a set of lyrics, some news or a story was written and often accompanied a traditional piece of music. The earliest forms of the printed word! Often performed by rural folk and travelers in public houses and on the roads. Among the topics of broadside ballads were love, religion, drinking-songs, legends, and early journalism, which included disasters, political events and signs, wonders and prodigies.

Coming back to the modern day – we love to celebrate these 21st century wandering minstrels, hear their stories and tales of politics, love and woe in our intimate space.

We thought who better to start off our series than Rough Trade artist Alela Diane performing songs from her 2009 release To Be Still in the midst of supporting Iron & Wine on a string of west coast dates.

Parking Information
Please note, the Gilman Parking Structure will be closed tonight, so we suggest using Lot P408. Parking permits can be purchased at the Gilman Information Booth at Gilman Drive and Osler Lane (see link below). Hour visitor permits are sold from the pay station for $1/hour. You can pay w/ any combination of the following:

* Cash — $1 and $5 bills only
* Visa
* MasterCard
* American Express

From the Gilman Information Booth you can then drive East on Gilman to P408 at Gilman Drive and Meyers Lane. Visitor permits can be used in any V, B, or S spot.

It a short walk to The Loft (north, on Myers Drive and Lyman Lane, on the second floor of the Price Center East).

To get driving directions to The Loft and P408, click here and type in The Loft in the search field tab.