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Boston-based bilingual singer-songwriter Alisa Amador has released her debut album Multitudes today via Thirty Tigers. The 12-song collection - written by Amador and co-produced by Amador with Tyler Chester and Daniel Radin - is a genre-blending tapestry of fervor, vulnerability, and sheer resilience. Featuring guest appearances from Gaby Moreno, Madison Cunningham, and fellow NPR Tiny Desk Contest winner Quinn Christopherson, Multitudes is a fierce work of discovery and affirmation, exploring a multitude of emotions - triumph and loss, grief and gratitude, endings and beginnings, identity and belonging. 

“This album comprises the last 6 years of my life in songs. Three years of which I was living with grief, depression, and writer’s block,” says Amador. “When I won the NPR Tiny Desk Contest two years ago, I thought I may never write a song again, and that I may never be a professional musician again. Things really changed, didn’t they? I finished a record and now it is yours. To celebrate and to mourn. To scream and to find comfort. To dance and to slow down and be still. Multitudes is here for you. This music is for you.” 

The Boston Globe says, “Swaying between English and Spanish, leisurely folk and swooning indie pop, Amador’s new material indeed spans “multitudes” — a title (and cognate) that Amador selected as a nod to the bilingual album’s depth." In No Depression’s album review, they write, “Multitudes encapsulates both the self-evident promise — and breathtaking vulnerability — that makes [Amador’s] music so entrancing.” NPR Music recently praised Amador’s “passion, deep warmth and charisma,” while Paste Magazine noted, “her vulnerability is her superpower.” Relix writes, “[Multitudes] conveys the pure resilience of her battled spirit, blending notes of her Latina background with folksy elements […] while offering a sizzling sense of nowness.” 

From the tender album opener “Extraño” (featuring Gaby Moreno) to the album closer “Milonga accidental,” which is the first Spanish-language song to win the NPR Tiny Desk Contest, Amador’s “powerful voice whose tender performance commands attention and fosters connection” (NPR) effortlessly slips between English and Spanish. Throughout the record, Amador wrestles with the notion of belonging, blurring the lines between languages and genres in a reflection of her own personal search for self. The collection is not only a testament to how far Amador has come (she’s earned dates with everyone from Hozier and Brandi Carlile to Lake Street Dive and Hiss Golden Messenger), but also as a celebration of where she comes from (her roots span Puerto Rico, New Mexico, Argentina, and New England).

 

Listen to Amador’s debut album Multitudes (out now) here: https://orcd.co/multitudes 

Listen to release day focus track “Still life” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYWQLAOZRE

 

Also today, Amador has announced her national TV debut performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on June 27th. Previously announced tour dates include support slots for Lake Street Dive this summer - Asbury Park (June 14), Lafayette, NY (July 7) and Cleveland, OH (July 9) - plus Carnegie Hall’s Citywide concert series (July 10), Blissfest (July 13), Rocky Mountain Folks Fest (August 9), Arcadia Folk Fest (August 23) and more. Please find all announced upcoming dates below, and stay tuned for album release tour dates to come.

 

Multitudes Track List

1. Extraño (feat. Gaby Moreno) (03:09)

2. Love Hate Song (02:40) 

3. Quedar (03:05)

4. Still Life (04:16)

5. Pasajeras (03:09)

6. I Need To Believe (feat. Quinn Christopherson) (04:05)

7. Woke Up Today (03:04)

8. Heartless Author (feat. Madison Cunningham) (02:43)

9. Enough (03:21)

10. A Million Ways (00:52)

11. Nudo de raíces (03:06)

12. Milonga accidental (02:23)

 

Alisa Amador Announced Tour Dates

June 14 - Stone Pony Summer Stage - Asbury Park, NJ*

June 29 - Waldo Theatre - Waldoboro, ME

July 7 - Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards - Lafayette, NY* 

July 9 - TempleLive at Cleveland Masonic - Cleveland, OH*

July 10 - Carnegie Hall Citywide @ Madison Square Park - New York, NY

July 11 - Norman Bird Sanctuary - Middletown, RI

July 13-14 - Blissfest - Harbor Springs, MI

July 18 - Payomet Performing Arts Center - North Truro, MA

August 9-11 - Rocky Mountain Folks Festival - Lyons, CO

August 24 - Arcadia Folk Festival - Easthampton, MA

*supporting Lake Street Dive