A song in the key of Hallowe'en, a favourite holiday for musician Allison Crowe. Playing piano since age five and singing, almost as long, Crowe, inspired by Ani DiFranco and Loreena McKennitt, materialized her own record label in 2003. She's now brewing her seventh album/CD, "Spiral". You could say Crowe is very ghoul-oriented."Allison Chains" (voice, piano) is linked to this track for eternit...
Canada's Allison Crowe http://www.allisoncrowe.com visits Liverpool next week for a trio of musical performances. First, she teams up with Manchester singer-songwriter Nadia Lowe for a concert bill at View Two Gallery http://www.viewtwogallery.co.uk , 23 Mathew Street (on Saturday, August 23 at 8 p.m.) Next, she celebrates Beatles Week with shorter sets to highlight her interpretations of Fab F...
For those of us living in the northern hemisphere, Summer is nearing its end - and Autumn/Fall starts to reveal itself.For me, it's a season of musical revelation.Allison has started to create her next album. She travels from Canada's Atlantic coast to the Pacific in about two weeks' time to record her fellow musicians - Billie Woods, on acoustic guitar; Dave Baird on electric and acoustic bas...
"It's too early to be sure, but I'll go out on a limb to say Allison Crowe will go down in history as the brightest northern star in music," says Toronto music reviewer Lorette Luzajic following a recent concert in that Canadian city.Crowe, already internationally known as a supreme singer, songwriter and live performer, is now back in her homeland, dashing through the snow to Tidings concerts ...