Week 2 of “Allison Crowe April” on CHMR 93.5FM – and DJ Jason Cantwell and alter ego Mark Jabroni remain safely outside the station, keeping health #1 on all our playlists.
Saluting Jason & Mark’s and the line-up of Friday shows – “The Friday Morning Markout”, “Ring Rust” and “Uberswank” – we celebrate this Good Friday with a favourite tune of theirs, from Allison Crowe – live-in-concert – “Disease”:
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
Serving up timeless music and alliterative predictability, “The Friday Morning Markout” on Radio CHMR celebrates “Allison Crowe August” – and, come Spring, “Allison Crowe April” @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1137581292972720 Program Host DJ FanBoy Mark Jabroni’s joined in-studio this week by: Allison Crowe (vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle, bodhran) and bandmates Céline Sawchuk (cello, vocals) and Dave Baird (bass, vocals).
"No matter where Allison Crowe is in this world, that voice, that conviction, it crosses all borders. She’s one of those rare artists that fits into any culture, any community because she is who she is – an incredible talent," observes Jeff Pitcher, Artistic Director, Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador.
Home in Corner Brook, NL Allison’s writing a book of prose poetry, “Fluttering”, and composing songs for a new album, “Rare Birds” (her 22nd release on Rubenesque Records). In 2017 she’s returned to Cow Head for a sixth year as Musical Director of “Newfoundland Vinyl”, a rollicking hit at TNL’s Gros Morne Theatre Festival.
On the road, concerts blending rock, folk, Canadiana, Celtic, jazz, and roots, across Europe and North America commingle with other adventures – including Allison’s cameo in the Hollywood Superman blockbuster “Man of Steel” and touring as featured singer/pianist with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
In league now, Allison, Céline and Dave unite soon with Sarah White (mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki, vocals) & Keelan Purchase (accordion, 12-string guitar, bodhran, harmonica). "Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make," says bandleader Allison. And that’s just what happens.
CHMR's A-show Marks Week 3 of "Allison Crowe August"
“Allison Crowe August” Week 3 is the main event on today’s
card as CHMR 93.5FM Radio (http://www.mun.ca/chmr) double-teaming DJs FanBoy
Mark Jabroni and Reverend Jason Cantwell keep up their musical A-show. You can
even phone in, or email a request, to ‘The Friday Morning Markout’, ‘Ring-Rust’,
and ‘Uberswank’. All the music of Allison Crowe is the big draw. Her band’s
debut, “Introducing / Heirs + Grievances” can be won. Listen in online for the
latest sounds of this month-long slow burn. Search "CHMR's RING RUST" on the
Stitcher app, or listen live via http://www.chmr.ca/main.html
Woke this morning to the sounds of ‘The Friday
Morning Markout’ on CHMR Radio – with
genial show-host FanBoy Mark Jabroni ringing in
“week 2 of #AllisonCroweAugust!”
Hearing the DJ spin almost the entire two-night
concert set of Allison – “Live at Wood Hall”
– on the air’s a welcome reminder of how great is
this release:
http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/live-at-wood-hall
It’s an all-time fan fave, particularly in Europe
where the sound of solo voice and piano is
especially appreciated. Here’s a capsule
description from when Rubenesque Records first
posted this double-disc – dim the lights and enjoy
the concerts:
Live at Wood Hall is an exciting journey through
Allison Crowe's concert repertoire, recorded with a
simple clarity in the converted chapel of Victoria
(B.C.)'s Conservatory of Music. Alongside more than
an album's worth of original songs of love and
hope, social and political conscience, and real
beauty, Allison covers cherished favourites -
including Ani DiFranco ("Independence Day"),
Counting Crows ("A Murder of One"), Tori Amos
("Playboy Mommy"), Janis Joplin ("Me and Bobby
McGee"), and John Lennon ("Imagine"). Colours in
the artist's musical palette range from roots &
blues, through folk, pop/rock, jazz and Broadway.
There's even a traditional Irish aire, "Believe Me
If All (Those Endearing Young Charms)", sung
acappella. Once again, Larry Anschell (Turtle
Studios) captures the music on tape and Alix
Whitmire designs the beautiful artwork/CD cover. "
'Music, man, that's where it's at'/ it is a
religious line/ outside, the chimes rung/ an they/
are still ringin."
Full album credits, track-listing and all at the
link below. And, to enjoy week 3 of “Allison Crowe
August” upcoming - search "CHMR's RING RUST"
on the Stitcher app, or listen live via
http://www.chmr.ca/main.html
Corner Brook's Allison Crowe,
internationally-heralded recording artist and
touring sensation, returns to the Gros Morne
Theatre Festival concert stage to share a
repertoire of gorgeously thrilling rock, jazz,
Celtic, folk, roots, pop and soul music that's
bound to include selections from Theatre
Newfoundland and Labrador's hit show "Newfoundland
Vinyl". Allison (vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle
and bodhran) is joined in concert by very special
guests, Sarah White (mandolin, guitar and vocals)
and Dave Baird (bass) for a midsummer's night full
of fun and celebration. (http://music.allisoncrowe.com)
CHMR’s Mark Jabroni, Host of The
Friday Morning Markout, Ring-Rust,
and Uberswank, raises the banner on “Allison
Crowe August”, declaring: “Every Friday in
August, the music of Allison Crowe will fill the
CHMR airwaves! Including her new double CD!”:
http://www.mun.ca/chmr
And in this Corner Brook - on the Mark all month
with FanBoy Jabroni (http://markjabroni.s5.com)
and the Reverend Jerry Cantwell on CHMR 93.5-FM
tag-team broadcasting from the campus of
Memorial University, St. John’s, NL. Check the
slamming schedule @
http://www.mun.ca/chmr/main.html and tune in
from anywhere in the world. Join the fray at
Ring Rust:
https://www.facebook.com/CHMRsRingRust
Find out what’s on Allison’s Summer musical menu
via “Sea and Be Scene” and in sister NL
newspaper links here as well! Here’s a taste…
"Between the recording and playing of music and her
work in theatre, Allison Crowe's life as a Corner
Brook-based artist sees little rest. This summer
has been no exception," writes Danette Dooley.
Dooley catches up with Crowe between performances
of "Neddy Norris Night" and "Newfoundland
Vinyl: The Greatest Hits" at the Gros
Morne Theatre Festival -- and days before the
musician's own concert, with very special guests,
this coming Friday night (9pm, August 5), at
GMTF.
Allison Crowe w. guests in Concert is part of
GMTF's "Who's Darkening Our Door"
Concert Series. Concerts are performed in the Ethie
Room, Shallow Bay Motel, 193 Main Street, Cow Head,
NL, A0K 2A0
Enjoying this glorious day, dialing in to ‘The
Big Groove Radio Show’ signal from British
Columbia’s Sunshine Coast – Host Brad Mennie’s
all-Canadian playlist for July 1st cues up: “From
Nanaimo, BC native, now based all the way on the
other side of the country - the other side in
Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Allison Crowe. Yes!
Great to have her back in the mix with a first
listen from her new album ‘Heirs + Grievances’.
With just some gorgeous sounds and vocals
here exploring in all different directions. But
because it’s Canada Day I thought the roots of
Foggy Shores of Home just seemed to fit
perfectly. All those other sounds will be
definitely explored in future editions of the show.
With Allison and Band now home in Canada following
a sensational concert tour of Europe, the sounds
Mennie’s sharing today are being added to music
libraries of radio stations across this vast land –
including: CFRC (Kingston, ON), CHRW
(London, ON), CHMR (St. John’s, NL),
CHLY (Nanaimo, BC) and our nation’s public
broadcaster, the CBC. (There’s plenty more
word to come from H+G’s new music cresting the
airwaves.)
The double-album is now released in Canada – and
will soon be in stores on the mainland. Right now,
“Introducing / Heirs + Grievances” is
available to islanders - on the Pacific coast @:
Fascinating Rhythm (51 Commercial 250-716-9997), in
Nanaimo; Lyle’s Place (770 Yates 250-382-8422) in
Victoria; &
SaltspringSound CA
(131 McPhillips 250-537-00650), SSI, British
Columbia. On Canada's Atlantic shore, the band’s
debut is found @: MALA (74 Broadway 709-634-4004)
in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The CD collection includes the studio session, “Heirs
+ Grievances”, and a live set, “Introducing”.
It can be ordered by mail for world delivery, and,
digitally, the studio recordings are @:
http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/heirs-grievances
Viceroy of vinyl, Wayne Tucker, Host of NewFound
Records Radio Hour, ventures out to beautiful Cow
Head, NL this past week and enjoys “Newfoundland Vinyl:
The ‘C’Side”.
Conceived by Theatre
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Artistic Director, Jeff
Pitcher, “Newfoundland Vinyl” is a perennial
favourite at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival –
drawing from the deep well of classic, vinyl-era, recording
artists’ repertoire, the joys, sorrows and rich character
of the region are brought to musical life by a
super-talented cast of actors and musicians and a top-notch
production crew.
Wayne Tucker gives airtime to the pioneer recording artists
of Newfoundland and Labrador via his radio show each
Saturday noon on CHMR 93.5FM, MUN. NewFound
Records Radio Hour is also heard on Radio Bell
Island, The Voice of Bonne Bay, East
Coast Kitchen Party, iTunes Radio and
TuneIn Radio (and spinning more widely each time you
listen!)
http://www.newfoundrecords.ca/
