ARIELLE HAS NEVER made a secret of her love for all things retro. Since being discovered in 2010 by Nuno Bettencourt, she’s found herself opening for — and fitting in well with — some of rock’s most classic acts, including Heart, Joan Jett, Graham Nash, Country Joe McDonald and members of Deep Purple. Her talents didn’t go unnoticed — Brian May handpicked her for a key role in his London-based musical, We Will Rock You. He then went on to help her develop the retro-futuristic Arielle model for his Brian May Guitars, making it the first original guitar design May has contributed to since creating his own iconic Red Special.
With the title of her 2021 album, , Arielle acknowledged her decidedly anachronistic bent. Her new release, , firmly nails its colors to the retro mast once again, but never resorts to slavishly aping the obvious influences of the era. Instead, Arielle takes her inspiration from the warm, organic guitar tones of the great early ’70s albums and actively seeks to embrace the breadth and diversity that was standard for the classic records of the time.
