The first thing you'll notice about Alice DiMicele is her voice. With a five-octave range that is intense, sensual, rich and soulful, DiMicele has been known to turn a noisy bar silent within a few notes. Her warm presence and humor disarm and create a rare intimacy between audience and performer. Whether singing a jazzy-folk number, belting a sassy blues, or rocking out on one of her trademark rhythmic earthy grooves, Alice is a vocalist that moves people. A kick-ass guitarist as well, whether playing solo or with a band her acoustic guitar conjures percussive poly-rhythms, bass lines, and melodies that perfectly frame her vocals.
With ten solo recordings to her credit her songwriting has covered a lot of ground.
Inspired by activists and folks doing good things for the earth, her songs reflect the beauty of this planet with a voice that reminds some people of Phoebe Snow, others of blues musician Rory Block and others, of a female Ben Harper. It's no surprise that her influences include Delta Blues artists like Mississippi John Hurt and Robert Johnson but she also grew up listening to classic rock like The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin. Folk singers Odetta and Kate Wolf were instrumental in shaping her performance but her biggest vocal and songwriting inspirations are Stevie Wonder and jazz singer Abbey Lincoln.
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. Her percussive guitar style and compelling voice is enough, though her band is making a splash on the festival and jamband circuit. A musicians musician she has assembled a flexible group of monster players like guitarists Jeff Pevar (CPR, Jazz is Dead, etc) and Steve James Wright (Jerry Joseph and X-Angels); bassists David Gelfand, Bobby Vega (Sly and the family Stone, Zero, KVHW, etc) and Rob Kohler. The members change from gig to gig but the groove remains. Alice is often joined on stage by local favorites while on tour or the festival circuit and her sets have been graced by the likes of horn players Brandon Fields, Frankie Hernandez, Mikey Stevens, and Duke Davis as well as multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven, percussionist Carolyn Brandy (Alive) and even Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman. A true Independent musician, she has sold over 25,000 recordings, 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 1994 "Naked" highlighted Alice's love for jazz and blues and featured jazz guitarist Mimi Fox on two tunes. In 1997 EarthBeat! Records commissioned her to produce and sing on Circle Of Women." She gathered friends Elouise Burrell (from the Cultural Heritage Choir), Freyda Epstein (from Trapezoid), Tina Malia, Windsong, and multi-instrumentalist Shelley Phillips to form the group and record an album of circle songs including Di Micele's tune "Celebrate the Rain." Her song "Chinook Blues" from the 1998 release "Demons & Angels" and the 2000 release "Alice Live" has become a classic call for protecting salmon and was featured in the film Source to Sea: the Columbia River Swim. Her song "Promise of the Sun" on "by ebb & by flow" was written after the murders of forest activist David Gypsy Chain and Matthew Shepard (a gay man killed by homophobes in Wyoming). Today the first verse reminds us that our every day choices make all the difference in the world: "May I have the will to give, when I'm afraid there will not be enough. May I speak a gentle word when the language of the day is angry and rough." While the chorus calls to the peace movement and to those with minds fixed on war and hatred: "May I be kindness. May I be patience and hope. May I be healing. Even my enemies I will give my love."
Like the murmur of water that connects us all, Alice will always have a gentle word but she is armed with a powerful wail too, one that can rock a concert and make you move your feet, with or without her band. Find out why Trinity Tribal Stomp producer Drew Franklin says she, "rocks with the power and subtlety of a flowing river.
The first thing you'll notice about Alice DiMicele is her voice. With a five-octave range that is intense, sensual, rich and soulful, DiMicele has been known to turn a noisy bar silent within a few notes. Her warm presence and humor disarm and create a rare intimacy between audience and performer. Whether singing a jazzy-folk number, belting a sassy blues, or rocking out on one of her trademark rhythmic earthy grooves, Alice is a vocalist that moves people. A kick-ass guitarist as well, whether playing solo or with a band her acoustic guitar conjures percussive poly-rhythms, bass lines, and melodies that perfectly frame her vocals. 
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. Her percussive guitar style and compelling voice is enough, though her band is making a splash on the festival and jamband circuit. A musicians musician she has assembled a flexible group of monster players like guitarists Jeff Pevar (CPR, Jazz is Dead, etc) and Steve James Wright (Jerry Joseph and X-Angels); bassists David Gelfand, Bobby Vega (Sly and the family Stone, Zero, KVHW, etc) and Rob Kohler. The members change from gig to gig but the groove remains. Alice is often joined on stage by local favorites while on tour or the festival circuit and her sets have been graced by the likes of horn players Brandon Fields, Frankie Hernandez, Mikey Stevens, and Duke Davis as well as multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven, percussionist Carolyn Brandy (Alive) and even Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman. A true Independent musician, she has sold over 25,000 recordings, 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 1994 "Naked" highlighted Alice's love for jazz and blues and featured jazz guitarist Mimi Fox on two tunes. In 1997 EarthBeat! Records commissioned her to produce and sing on Circle Of Women." She gathered friends Elouise Burrell (from the Cultural Heritage Choir), Freyda Epstein (from Trapezoid), Tina Malia, Windsong, and multi-instrumentalist Shelley Phillips to form the group and record an album of circle songs including Di Micele's tune "Celebrate the Rain." Her song "Chinook Blues" from the 1998 release "Demons & Angels" and the 2000 release "Alice Live" has become a classic call for protecting salmon and was featured in the film Source to Sea: the Columbia River Swim. Her song "Promise of the Sun" on "by ebb & by flow" was written after the murders of forest activist David Gypsy Chain and Matthew Shepard (a gay man killed by homophobes in Wyoming). Today the first verse reminds us that our every day choices make all the difference in the world: "May I have the will to give, when I'm afraid there will not be enough. May I speak a gentle word when the language of the day is angry and rough." While the chorus calls to the peace movement and to those with minds fixed on war and hatred: "May I be kindness. May I be patience and hope. May I be healing. Even my enemies I will give my love."