Artists - Alathea

It’s O Brother meeting the contemporary "newgrass" sounds of Nickel Creek… The sensitive warmth of Alison Krauss bumping into the organic pop of Chris Rice... But more than anything, new Rocketown band Alathea (pronounced uh-LAY-thee-uh) is a group of three East Tennessee women determined to engage their faith in a fresh way through authentic Appalachian roots music.

Alathea, the name comes from the Greek word for truth, was born five years ago when its three members were in college working with Young Life and began singing together at a leadership retreat. "We were surprised," says member Cristi Johnson, "to find that unlike Young Life, which takes months and sometimes years to earn the right to be heard, music creates a mysteriously immediate relationship. Your listeners are really hearing you in a matter of minutes."

Rocketown Records President Don Donahue met the group in 2000 when members Carrie Theobald, Mandee Radford and Johnson were working on their second independent release, The Rains. When the trio visited the label in the spring of 2002 with new songs for their third independent album, Donahue couldn’t resist the opportunity to work with the mountain-ting...Read complete biography

Music from Alathea:
What Light Is All About
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