Alessi's Ark: US Tour

FOLLOW ALESSI'S ARK ONLINE: 2 New Digital Singles Available Now + US Tour Dates Announced British folk-popstress Alessi's Ark has just released the second in a series of digital singles on Bella Union records. The first released was the incessantly sweet song, "Wire," about young love and connecting to someone. "The song's edges are blurred enough to make it feel like reverie. 'Wire' is steeped with age. It's alluring in its openness and honest fragility," says a music blogger. The latest single is a cover of 60s teen pop icon Lesley Gore's "Maybe I Know." Made famous by her still nearly ubiquitous hit "It's My Party," which she recorded at the age of 16, and others like the early feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me." Alessi feels a special kinship with Gore as a result of herself also being thrust into the spotlight in her teen years; she signed on the dotted line with Virgin Records UK when she was just 17. "Last summer, I heard 'Maybe I Know' for the first time after my good friend Jake (Bellows) dreamt I performed it at a school party. He sent a YouTube link to Lesley Gore performing the song and it got stuck in my heart and brain immediately," says Alessi. Click the player below to check out her version of Gore's song via her new music video. Purchase "Maybe I Know" and "Wire" Now iTUNES - AMAZON - BELLA UNION iTUNES (Exclusive) US Tour Dates Announced for June June 7 Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim June 8 NYC, NY @ Joe's Pub (opening for John Grant with Heidi Spencer) June 9 NYC, NY @ Joe's Pub (opening for John Grant with Heidi Spencer) June 10 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café June 11 Washington DC @ Bella Café, June 12 Richmond, VA @ Steady Sounds (3pm record store instore) June 14 Durham, NC @ The Casbah