Loafidelity

Even when Allison Crowe is loafing, it's a creative act. Allison's rising to the new season, with Autumn wishes - a pic, recipe and a poem - for us all @ Fall? Bread.

Free! Music! Contest 2011 Winners and Music

Free! Music! Contest 2011, run by Musikpiraten e.V., and for which Jamendo was among sponsors, announces its winners and releases a cornucopia of tracks displaying the rich creativity of the remixer community. Allison Crowe, one of the world’s musical ambassadors of Creative Commons licensing, is Musical Patron of this year’s “FreeMixter” event. A 19 track sampler can be downloaded free at Bandcamp. And, at remix portal ccmixter.org enjoy remixes of tracks from Allison, Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park), DJ Vadim, the Beastie Boys and many more.

Chimes of Freedom Flashing

The UK's Point Based Visa System continues to be mis-applied to artists and academics visiting for a short term, even a single concert/event. This problem is highlighted in a new podcast by Rocca Gutteridge, produced by Clare Carswell @ Without Borders Allison Crowe's song "Immersed" is included with this show. A complementary blog posting is @ Why Is Britain Treating Artists Like Criminals?

Canada - "Tributo a Allison Crowe"

And, now, from Rita Mercedes Chio in Argentina - a tribute to Allison Crowe, and Allison's homeland, Canada. The song is "Going Home Tonight" - with the gorgeous scoring and production by Kayla Schmah on Allison's album "Spiral".

"Cuerpo de Mujer" + "What About You + Imagenes Exclusivas

From Rita Mercedes Chio in Argentina comes this new creation - uniting words of Chile's Pablo Neruda, "imáges muy especiales", and musica of Allison Crowe. The poem is "Cuerpo de Mujer" (Body of a Woman), published in Neruda's 1924 collection, "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". The music is "What About You" - the version from Allison's "Live at Wood Hall" set.