Alissa Arnason Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Alissa Arnason's approach to songwriting taps into a parallel dimension where time and tempo sway like the endless wheat fields of her youth. Evoking sounds of singing saws, her writing creates poetic folk tunes as though taken from a lost book riddled with hope and heartbreak. Enchanting and haunting like a dated-country funeral she takes you places you’ve never been that somehow feel like home. ... more
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