Allison Crowe’s Resonant Echoes Of Woodstock Allison Crowe’s cover of Melanie Safka’s hymn to peace and love became available on YouTube yesterday and merits special attention. First, the story of the song’s creation is necessary. Melanie, who was relatively unknown before Woodstock, appeared onstage early in the evening following one of the downpours that plagued [...]
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Allison Crowe Revitalizes Melanie’s “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”
July 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
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Allison Crowe's Cover Of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" Opens Celebration Of Great Exhibition
April 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
The Old And New Hallelujahs May 1, 2010 is the opening day of this year’s World Expo in Shanghai and the 159th anniversary of the opening of the Great Exhibition (The First World Expo) held in London’s Crystal Palace. Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” marked the opening back in 1851, and this weekend, it will be heard [...]
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Joyfully Caught In Allison Crowe's "Spiral"
April 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
“Spiral” – Great Music And More Having spent most of the past two days playing and replaying the Allison Crowe “Spiral” CD, I’ve come to certain conclusions: 1. “Spiral” is an outstanding album. That’s hardly a surprise. The album features a great voice, great song selections, and great arrangements. What’s not to like? 2. Listening [...]
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Spiral – New Album By Allison Crowe Now On Video
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music
Allison Crowe Releases Spiral The official release today of Spiral, Allison Crowe’s groundbreaking album, is being celebrated with the posting of a video playlist which includes every song on the track list. I’ll be writing about the album later; for now, just listen to one of the most exquisite singer-songwriters performing today. Spiral: The Track [...]
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Variations On Leonard Cohen’s Tonight Will Be Fine
March 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Music
Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen’s “Tonight Will Be Fine” “Tonight Will Be Fine” was originally released on Leonard Cohen’s “Songs From A Room” (April 1969). Cohen’s 1970 Isle of Wight performance of “Tonight Will Be Fine” was later included on his 1973 compilation, “Live Songs” and more recently published as part of the CD/DVD set, [...]
Allison Crowe Performs Leonard Cohen's "Tonight Will Be Fine" – The Video
March 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Music
The Allison Crowe -”Tonight Will Be Fine” Video “Spiral,” the latest album from Allison Crowe, the Canadian singer-songwriter and icon in training who has been featured here on several occasions,1 is due for release March 17, 2010.2 In anticipation of this event, several of her previously released songs are being made available in video format [...]
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Spiral – Allison Crowe's New Album To Be Released March 17, 2010
February 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
“Gorgeous” – Adjective Of Choice For Allison Crowe’s Music It may now be impossible to properly describe Allison Crowe’s voice or her songs without employing some form of the word “gorgeous.” Crowe, who doesn’t merely use her voice as an adornment for her tunes but suffuses her own poignant songs and those of others with [...]
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Must-hear Allison Crowe Cover Of John Sebastian's Darling Be Home Soon
January 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Music
I happened onto this video of Allison Crowe, the Canadian singer-songwriter and icon-in-training, performing her uniquely gorgeous version of “Darling Be Home Soon,” a classic pop – in the best sense of “pop” – tune and couldn’t go to sleep without posting it first. Written by John Sebastian (as were ” “Do You Believe in [...]
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Video Prelude To Allison Crowe's New Album
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Music
“Going Home Tonight” – First Indication Of New Threshold For Allison Crowe? In anticipation of Spiral, her seventh album/CD, Allison Crowe has made a video of an early version of “Going Home Tonight,” one of the songs anticipated to become a track on that album, available. An intriguing aspect of this offering is that it [...]
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Kidney Foundation Online Auction Of Art By Leonard Cohen, Allison Crowe, Other Canadian Notables
November 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Aha! Items
Caring Canucks Brush Up for Kidney Foundation Adrian du Plessis, business manager for the impossibly talented Allison Crowe, alerts us to an eBay auction of “paintings by athletes, politicians, performers, journalists, and others” to raise funds for kidney research in Canada. Included in the auction are offerings from Allison Crowe (shown below) and “poet, novelist [...]
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