Aretha and the Music

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, exits this passing show – and we have the music.

“It’s funny about music… music is like… music is one of the ways by which you can know everything which is going on in the world. You can feel… through music… Whew… you can feel the vibrations of everybody in the world at any given moment,” noted Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul”.

Celebrating, communicating, commemorating, through music. Paying tribute, the way she does, here’s Allison Crowe with “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”, the Ronnie Shannon-composed song that’s the breakout hit for Aretha in 1967.

Allison Crowe August

Happy Allison Crowe August! All this month, CHMR 93.5 FM DJs Fanboy Mark Jabroni and Reverend Jason Cantwell share the musical joys and explorations of Allison Crowe. Allison’s solo and band recordings will be featured throughout August on "The Friday Morning Markout". Tune in from anywhere on this planet, or from a pastoral lake on Mars, dial-in https://chmrfm.weebly.com – 8am to 10 am Newfoundland Time {6:30am EST}. 

It’s ok to shoot the moon – and that happens all this month, musically, on CHMR celebrating “Allison Crowe August”. Welcome aboard a cultural rocket-ship @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1137581292972720 

Hurt

This is what I recorded the other day - NIN’s  “Hurt”  (by Trent Reznor, on “The Downward Spiral”) - recently requested and also requested by a friend 20 years ago, - who have birthdays 2 days apart it appears - so, I figured it was about time - happy birthday, Josh⁠, and Kristen ❤️ 

Sidebar: when I think of people I’d love to record with one day - Trent always is in my brain. Perfect Drug is my favourite music video. Pretty Hate Machine is one of the albums that helped me through teenagehood (Cause I am a huge Tori Amos fan if that wasn’t obvious hahaha) . #music #nineinchnails #trent_reznor #recordings #vero  #toriamos

Out on the Ocean

Practicing mandolin picking with a tune I know on fiddle - and I always go back to playing with my bass playing fingers :) lol this is a little trad tune called Out On The Ocean. Link much prefers this to the tin-whistle, by the way. #dachshund #music #mandolin (not the best angle I know but it’s what I have to work with! Haha)

A post shared by Allison Crowe (@allison_crowe) on May 9, 2018 at 10:56am PDT