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Alex Akela

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About Me

Alex Akela has started his musical career as a violinist, playing classical music solo and in a symphony orchestra. Now, many years later and thousands of miles down the road he's creating his own musical landscape - a mix of blues, folk and Americana, with a couple of jazzy chords and some good pop flavour there in between. Melancholic stories about lonesome trips in a night train, unshared love or gone lovers, endless search for your own place in this world, hoping that you will finally come home one day. And, on the other hand, hopeful lyrics about incredibly beautiful summer evenings, rainbows as the rain is over, friends who get you out of trouble and accidental, unforgettable encounters. Mostly autobiographical, serene and romantic here, sarcastic and sharp-tongued there...
Yet Alex has also earned the reputation of a talented and inventive sideman, playing a dozen of different instruments mostly by ear. For the last two years only he has been touring with Vanessa Peters (USA), Michael Weston King (UK), Terje Nordgarden (N), MC Hansen (DK), Marijn Wijnands (MaRain, NL), Hanneke de Jong (NL) and many others.
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Member Since: 5/25/2006
Band Members: Alex - vocals, guitar, accordion, percussion
Influences: Lynn Miles, John Hiatt, Robben Ford, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Cockburn, Dougie McLean, Luka Bloom (the actual list is by far longer, including Candy Dulfer, Ilse DeLange, lots of blues artists and some musicians Alex has played with)Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Sounds Like:

Bill Withers, David Rodrigues, Elvis Costello, Larry John McNally, Tom Waits in his younger years, Van Morrison, Paul Simon (references heard so far from the audience)


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My Blog

Denmark and more

In February I flew over to Denmark for some gigs with MC Hansen. Mads (pronounce as ’Mes’, that’s MC himself) is a talented songwriter and a kick-ass guitar player, currently living ...
Posted by Alex Akela on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:52:00 PST

Tour stories

I'm packing my suitcase for a week of touring in Denmark, together with great Danish singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist MC Hansen. The next blog will be devoted to that trip; in this one&nb...
Posted by Alex Akela on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST

On the road again

After a relatively quiet summer, I'm hitting the road again ! Both October and November will be busy months for me, with some 25 gigs to come. I'm happy to see Vanessa Peters back in Holland ! Af...
Posted by Alex Akela on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:47:00 PST

Looking back on touring with Vanessa

Hi folks, well, there's been a lot going on lately ! I've just wrapped up the Dutch tour with Vanessa Peters, and it's been a real blast !! I can't remember myself having so much fun for the last coup...
Posted by Alex Akela on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:31:00 PST

Touring, writing, recording

I finally got to write another message for you guys ! Have done some cool gigs (Paradiso and KHL in Amsterdam, among others) with Hanneke de Jong and solo, and there's more to come ! Besides...
Posted by Alex Akela on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:45:00 PST

Festival gigs & anniversary concert with Neet oét Lottum

Well... time to blog again ! In August I've won the Heelsum singer-songwriter competition, where I had a nice gig and met some talented collegues, which is always a pleasure. The competition...
Posted by Alex Akela on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:05:00 PST