Sincerely, L. Cohen Covers

Brian Ibbott, Mayor of Coverville, USA, lights candles as well, today – with his podcast’s “tribute to singer, songwriter, poet and legend, Leonard Cohen” @ http://coverville.com/episodes/a-tribute-to-leonard-cohen - tweeting:

"For today’s ep, I tried to pick L.Cohen covers I haven’t played before. But you should check out covers by @allisoncrowe22 - I’ve played all... Would help if I got that Twitter account right! @Allison_Crowe - and it’s her birthday today! Check out her amazing L Cohen covers!... She does a beautiful Hallelujah, Chelsea Hotel No. 2, Bird on a Wire and Famous Blue Raincoat. All great." https://twitter.com/Coverville/status/798998064635793410

And here's Allison's take on L. Cohen's "Joan of Arc":

Black Velvet Band

“My favorite Irish song, beautifully covered for you today: Black Velvet Band ~ Allison Crowe,” declares Brian Ibbott, Mayor of Coverville on this - St. Patrick’s - Day.

(Coverville, geographically situated in Colorado, USA can be found online @ http://coverville.com )

“Black Velvet Band” is a lively song popularly recorded on both sides of the Atlantic. This recording is from Allison Crowe's "Newfoundland Vinyl" LP, her 11th album release on Rubenesque Records:

Black Velvet Band from Allison Crowe on Vimeo.

Veteran folk music afficionado/reviewer, Muruch, based in West Virginia, in posting a review of this new album to the "No Depression" blog remarks on a feature in Allison's music that's always present - whether it's rock, gospel, jazz, grunge, classical, blues, folk, soul or other genres she's making: "What a voice, what a voice, what a voice!"

Of this song, Muruch notes: " 'The Black Velvet Band' " is a traditional Irish ballad about a man's chance encounter with a girl, which leads to his arrest and transport as a prisoner to Australia. The Dubliners may have recorded one of the more famous renditions of the song, but Allison's is the most stunning version I've heard and just may become the definitive version (as her cover of 'Hallelujah' - http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/hallelujah - has) over time."

http://www.muruch.com/2013/07/allison-crowe-newfoundland-vinyl.html

As the album title suggests, it's a song collection inspired by, and arising from, Allison Crowe's ongoing role as Musical Director of the hit stage show, "Newfoundland Vinyl" - presented at Canada's Gros Morne Theatre Festival each Summer since 2012. This perennial GMTF favourite’s conceived by TNL’s Artistic Director Jeff Pitcher.

Coverville - Birds of a Feather

Coverville!, the long-running awarding-winning podcast and radio program today presents its "Episode 883: On a dark desert highway, indie hodgepodge in my hair".

Coverville's Host and Producer Brian Ibbott kindly includes "the amazing, amazing, voice of Allison Crowe" - performing Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire", in this collection that also features covers of Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Badfinger, the Allman Brothers, Sara Bareilles, John Prine, Rolling Stones and an instrumental of George Gershwin's "Summertime".

Over the years, this pioneering 'cast has enlisted Allison's recordings for cover stories on the Eurythmics, The Lovin' Spoonful, Counting Crows, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and fittingly - her first-ever appearance on Coverville was in Episode 202 - when she and Peter Gabriel, Madeleine Peyroux, Laura Burhenn, The Pixies, Maxx Klaxon, kd lang, and Jennifer Warnes were heard in "The Leonard Cohen Cover Story".

Allison Crowe - first-ever guitar performance in concert - Bewley's Café Theatre, Dublin, Ireland - Billie Woods foto

Episode 370, airing October 9, 2007, John Lennon's birthday - is devoted to on-air chat with Allison Crowe, and spinning her covers of Counting Crows, Hunters and Collectors, Cyndi Lauper, and Joni Mitchell.

You can play, and download, all 883 Episodes of Coverville, and become a Citizen, online - and hear Coverville on KYCY 1550 AM in San Francisco every day at 2 pm. And, if you're going that route, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

It's a show you can check out any time you like - but you can never leave unhappy :)

Coverville 809: The Eurythmics Cover Story

For lovers of Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart - Brian Ibbott, conductor of Coverville, delivers "The Eurythmics Cover Story". One hour of musical treats from The Rubinoos, Martha Wainwright, The Watson Twins and more... including Annie herself. Allison Crowe represents with "Why" - I believe it's the favourite version of "Spiral" producer and string arranger Kayla Schmah. Time to download and listen!