Here is another one of my originals - Secrets: A song I wrote when I had a lot of stuff I wanted to talk about but didn’t know how, so I wrote this instead - and it’s definitely a longer song. These things aren’t unrelated. (Also FYI once I get set up with more gear one day I won’t have to sing the loud parts away haha but - for now - I’m loud and I apologize! ) (which is very Canadian of me) #singer #newfoundland #songwriter #piano #music #dachshund
Skeletons and Spirits – Allison Crowe and Band W2U2
Allison Crowe (piano vocals) and bandmates
Céline Sawchuk (cello, vocals), Sarah White
(mandolin, vocals), Dave Baird (bass) & Keelan
Purchase (harmonica) bring forth “Skeletons and
Spirits” – from Allison Crowe and Band’s fresh
release, “Welcome to Us 2”.
Following a delightful visit with Allison and
Linkers sharing fun with “Arthur” at home
–
https://vimeo.com/271562940
– from a dasching duo we embrace the collective joy
and genius of a quintet.
Banding together on the lovely isle of
Newfoundland for sessions and shows – for a flock of
creators who live, literally, all over the map it’s
a rare chance to slow the world a bit. “We had time
to experiment, and think more about the larger
picture musically,” says bassist & birder Dave.
“It’s only the beginning. It’s just the first we’ve
had opportunity to work the music out without much
time restraint. It was fun, relaxed, and
productive.”
Melding into one sound and performance
experience the rawest of folk roots and the richest
of arena rock – that barely begins to describe the
originality and freshness of the quintet’s music
and personality.
Debuting at Corner Brook, NL’s Rotary Arts
Centre, RAC Theatre Co-ordinator Brad
Randell observes, “The performance was absolutely
magical.”
Rolling across the rock, captured fresh at the
LSPU (Longshoremen's Protective Union) Hall
in St. John's, NL, Canada – it’s music that’s
food for the soul and fun for all.
Fortune’s present audio-wise, and Allison’s SD
(memory) card is filled with tracks to be mined and
enjoyed. Sláinte!
This is Arthur - a song I wrote several years ago - as performed by myself and Linkers on squeaker. (This is silly but a special vid to me because he’s my best bud and also throwing the toy while playing music is my daily reality, lol) #music #piano #singersongwriter #singer #dachshund #dog
NB for more such fun, you can enjoy Allison & band, Linkers+ vids on
Alley's Vero, Vimeo, Twitter and other social sites – links to come!
Visual accompaniment is from the cinema masterpiece “Ménilmontant”. (The full suite – I Might / Back to Black / Shifts of Light / Tones in Transition / I Am the Air / Lisa's Song – is @ https://vimeo.com/261671693 )
Musicians Allison Crowe (vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle, bodhran), Céline Sawchuk (cello, vocals), Sarah White (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Dave Baird (bass, vocals) & Keelan Purchase (accordion, 12-string guitar, bodhran, harmonica, vocals) banded together on the lovely isle of Newfoundland for sessions and shows.
For a flock of creators who live, literally, all over the map it’s a rare chance to slow the world a bit. “We had time to experiment, and think more about the larger picture musically,” says bassist & birder Dave. “It’s only the beginning. It’s just the first we’ve had opportunity to work the music out without much time restraint. It was fun, relaxed, and productive.”
Melding into one sound and performance experience the rawest of folk roots and the richest of arena rock – that barely begins to describe the originality and freshness of the quintet’s music and personality.
Debuting at Corner Brook, NL’s Rotary Arts Centre, RAC Theatre Co-ordinator Brad Randell observes, “The performance was absolutely magical.”
Rolling across the rock, captured fresh at the LSPU (Longshoremen's Protective Union) Hall in St. John's, NL, Canada – it’s music that’s food for the soul and fun for all.
Fortune’s present audio-wise, and Allison’s SD (memory) card is filled with tracks to be mined and enjoyed. Sláinte!
"Welcome to Us 1", the concert’s first act, presents the brilliant bi-coastal band's more guitar-and-fiddle-centric tunes – live: http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-1http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-1
"Welcome to Us 2", the concert’s second act, features the group's more piano-centric tunes – and encore – live: http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-2http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-2
"Welcome to Us Banter Bits" includes any chat, laughter, applause not found on the "Welcome to Us" albums on iTunes et al. A free download to complement the concert music: http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-banter-bitshttp://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/welcome-to-us-banter-bits
Hey guys! So for me this is rehearsal season - plays and concerts and etc - so this is a little glimpse in to how I
practice at home - this is one of my favourite songs by SIA called Bird Set
Free! Thanks for listening ❤️ Allison Crowe Rehearsal - Bird Set Free from Allison Crowe on Vimeo.
We’re
all in this together. “I Am the Air”, the next breath in the song suite
from Allison Crowe and Band – Act 2 of “Welcome to Us”.
Visual accompaniment is from the cinema masterpiece “Ménilmontant”.
(The full suite – I Might / Back to Black / Shifts of Light / Tones in
Transition / I Am the Air / Lisa's Song – is @ https://vimeo.com/261671693 )
Musicians Allison Crowe (vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle, bodhran),
Céline Sawchuk (cello, vocals), Sarah White (mandolin, guitar, vocals),
Dave Baird (bass, vocals) & Keelan Purchase (accordion, 12-string
guitar, bodhran, harmonica, vocals) banded together on the lovely isle
of Newfoundland for sessions and shows.
For a flock of creators who live, literally, all over the map it’s a
rare chance to slow the world a bit. “We had time to experiment, and
think more about the larger picture musically,” says bassist &
birder Dave. “It’s only the beginning. It’s just the first we’ve had
opportunity to work the music out without much time restraint. It was
fun, relaxed, and productive.”
Melding into one sound and performance experience the rawest of folk
roots and the richest of arena rock – that barely begins to describe the
originality and freshness of the quintet’s music and personality.
Debuting at Corner Brook, NL’s Rotary Arts Centre, RAC Theatre
Co-ordinator Brad Randell observes, “The performance was absolutely
magical.”
Rolling across the rock, captured fresh at the LSPU (Longshoremen's
Protective Union) Hall in St. John's, NL, Canada – it’s music that’s
food for the soul and fun for all.
Fortune’s present audio-wise, and Allison’s SD (memory) card is filled with tracks to be mined and enjoyed. Sláinte!
“We are in water, we are in shadow, we are in
trouble right now.” The universal is manifest via
the personal and particular, Allison Crowe and
bandmates reveal through “Shifts of Light”:
Act 2 of “Welcome to Us” flows. Visual
accompaniment is from the cinema masterpiece
“Ménilmontant”. (The full suite – I Might / Back to
Black / Shifts of Light / Tones in Transition / I
Am the Air / Lisa's Song – is @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKmHKTwpMI
Allison Crowe bridges movements in a suite of
songs with this salute to Amy Winehouse:
Cellist/vocalist Céline Sawchuk comes from the
mythic Black Forest of Germany. Out of the lush
thickets of the Schwarzwald to the cool streets of
Berlin, Céline strives to bring “a little bit of my
home” to the world music stage. Singing “I
Might” – an atmospheric song from the duo of
Oliver Koletzki & Fran (Franziska Lauter) – she’s
joined here by Allison Crowe on piano and Dave
Baird on bass.
This launches a suite of songs – and Act 2 of “Welcome
to Us”. Visual accompaniment is from the
cinema masterpiece “Ménilmontant”. (The
full suite – I Might / Back to Black / Shifts
of Light / Tones in Transition / I Am the Air /
Lisa's Song – is
@ https://vimeo.com/261671693 )
“Catharsis” – Allison
Crowe and Band cap Act 1 of “Welcome to Us”
with this lively reel from Virginia
musician-caller-teacher Amy Cann (“Twenty+ years
helping people learn to do whatever they think they
can't.”) Once they catch a collective breath,
Allison and ’mates will return with Act 2 – the
piano songs:
#singer #newfoundland #songwriter #piano #music #dachshund 
