“Sea
and Be Scene” is “celebrating 6 years of
celebrating Canada’s
East Coast”! Stephanie Beaumont, SABS
Host, Publisher & Producer, is a clarion voice on
the web and television, too, for what makes the
provinces of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward
Island, and Newfoundland &
Labrador so special!
And there’s plenty
that does! Rolling with this month’s anniversary
fun, SABS catches up with “the truly
gifted, ever gorgeous, always creative - Allison
Crowe”. Find out what’s on Allison’s Summer musical
menu and enter the stellar contests Stephanie’s
rounded up for this big celebration!
http://seaandbescene.com/2016/07/sabs-6th-birthday-salute-for-july-29th
Hearty congrats to Diane
Arsenault of Beaver Cove, NS who’s already won a
copy of “Heirs
+ Grievances”, the debut album from Allison
Crowe and Band.
In 1976, Harry Hibbs, one of Newfoundland's favourite
music-makers, most famously released "Between Two Trees" --
this song of love penned by Charlie McKinnon of New
Brunswick, Canada.
It's revived in 2013 for the premiere run of "Newfoundland
Vinyl". Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador's hit show enjoys
its third revolution this Summer at the Gros Morne Theatre
Festival as "Newfoundland Vinyl: The 'C' Side". NV's
conceived by TNL's Artistic Director, Jeff Pitcher, and its
Musical Director is Allison Crowe -- who curates and
arranges the songs for TNL's wonderfully talented and
spirited cast and crew.
On her latest sensational European concert tour, Crowe
carried with her music from home -- and in this bootleg
video, she duets on "Between Two Trees", with Canadian
musician and photographer Billie Woods.
Their performance delighted audiences, including here at
Germany's Jazzhaus Freiburg, a storied venue that's soaked
in the notes of such artists as Miles Davis, Lionel
Hampton, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Archie Shepp, and Betty
Carter -- and, for the first time, is serenaded with this
sweet music from Atlantic Canada.
On the airwaves and online, passionate stewards such as DJs
Rob Carnell, (of "Salt Water Music" on CFRC 101.9FM), and
Wayne Tucker, (of CHMR 93.5 FM's "Newfound Records Radio
Hour") share the musical riches of the region -- from the
vinyl era to the latest tracks. A mother-lode for
music-lovers and players is "GEST Songs of Newfoundland and
Labrador" -- a marvellous
celebration of musical heritage @
http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld (at last count
home to 3660 songs, 2462 videos, and plenty of midis, song
charts and scores and more). GEST’s Owner/Archivist Gery Deugauw, in addition to his own channel, is
caretaker of two wonderful YouTube collections built with great love and rare dedication – 'oldirishladdie' @ http://www.youtube.com/user/oldirishladdie and 'NLTreasure' @ http://www.youtube.com/user/NLTreasure (this latter channel created by Jim Yetman, whose video legacy lives on).
TNL's "Newfoundland Vinyl: The 'C' Side" spins each Tuesday
and Friday from July 11 - August 29 at the GMTF -- The
Ethie Room, Shallow Bay Motel and Cabins, 193 Main Street,
Cow Head, Newfoundland A0K 2A0
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On July 28, 2014 Allison Crowe Sings "Newfoundland Vinyl"
and More - in GMTF's "Who's Darkening Our Door" Concert
Series at The Warehouse Theatre, Main Street, Cow Head, NL.
(For info on this performance and all GMTF shows - call
709-639-7238 or toll-free 1-877-243-2899)
Allison Crowe's tour launch is tonight in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - the same city in which Leonard Cohen inaugurated his world tour in 2008! We're buoyed to find "1 Heck of a Guy", the world's most popular "blog rife with Leonard Cohen-based hilarity, essays on broomcorn, and proposals for a county seal featuring Dick Tracy that is written by a psychiatrist", kindly salutes Alley & crew setting sail!
Allison Crowe is on the move! Concerts, tv performances, a special visit to a school, all the fun and more that comes with rock and rolling these coming weeks... Here's a pic Allison took from the car, setting out from her home in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada.
Dates ahead:
Friday, April 29 ~ Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick - to aid "A Brush of Hope" - The Kidney Foundation of Canada Saturday, April 30 ~ The Music Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia Monday, May 2 ~ Fairview Heights School, Halifax, Nova Scotia - "Pizza & Piano" Saturday, May 7 ~ D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN, St. John's, Newfoundland