Charles Trenet Charles Trene Charles Trenet: Charles Trene CD

The 2007 release by ebb & by flow is her first studio recording in 9 years. After a five year sabbatical spent whitewater kayaking and raft guiding in the Oregon Wilderness, Alice returns with an album steeped in her love for life in the natural world. For 15 years Di Micele toured tirelessly playing many festivals such as The Strawberry Music Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Berkeley Earth Day, and the Oregon Country Fair, and venues such as the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, the Roseland Theater in Portland, and the Fineline Music Cafe in Minneapolis to countless coffeehouses, pubs, cafes, community halls, and even house concerts. She has provided music on many benefit tours such as the Ancient Forest Rescue Expedition travelling the country with an 800 year old log to show America what was happening to our ancient forests and the first Earth First! Roadshow in England and Scotland. Performing many benefits, conferences, protests, rallies, and festivals to support environmental, peace and progressive causes , Di Micele is dedicated to changing the world through music. When Earth First! activists Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney were bombed, Di Micele along with friends Dana Lyons and Citizen's Band toured the Northwest to raise money for them and for the next two years Alice raised money at every one of her shows to support Bari (who could not work due to her injuries) and her two young children. Alice has shared the stage with folks like Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Ian, David Grisman, Steve Winwood, Michael Franti, and many more. A true Independent musician, she has gained critical acclaim from press, public and community radio, a dedicated fan-base, and her contemporaries all the without the help of a record contract, agency, or management. Alice's first album Make A Change, released in 1988 contained two of her most requested songs to date "Wise Old Woman" and "Dismantle", followed by nine more albums in the next 15 years. The 1992 release Searching included the anthems "Defend the Earth" and "In A World" proclaiming "I want to live in a world where all there is to sing about it love and the beauty of the earth" as well as the poignant "Land Of Broken Promises" about the first gulf war which is surprisingly still relevant today. In ...