Sounds of things to come... Allison Crowe + Band

So - we recorded a total of 20 tracks in 4 days - LOTS of music to come - super excited about it all lots of new songs, a few from the early 2000s reworked , some that are part of the musical I’m working on... so proud of my band. Stay tuned!

 #music #bands #newfoundland

Allison Crowe, Sarah White, Keelan Purchase... and, to be joined before long by Dave Baird, have begun to make the band's newest recording.

 Here's a listen to the final sounds of these first sessions...

The Merry Blacksmith, downhome music captured by Adam Thistle in lovely Corner Brook, NL, Canada.

Rockin' and Rollin'

Allison Crowe, Sarah White & Keelan Purchase look forward to sharing music and fun - life's magic with you.

This night's concert is SOLD OUT! Thank you, everyone :) Going Home Tonight

Newfoundland Vinyl IV

Cause why not release a new album on your own birthday?

Hahaha #newmusic  #newfoundland  #vinyl



The lovely isle of Newfoundland, off Canada’s Atlantic coast, is inspiration for this collection – the newest in the “Vinyl” series from Corner Brook, NL musician Allison Crowe.

Allison’s in harbour with a boatful of tunes reveling in, and revealing, the region’s rich culture and history – stirring music that nourishes heart and soul.

The album opens with “Mice March” and spins to a replay with “Russian Dance”, both selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” – freshly arranged and performed “trad” style for Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador’s “Ed & Ed’s Newfoundland Christmas Concert”. And between these tracks is a bounty of adventuresome musical ideas – embracing songs of land and sea.

Traditional music, and modern favourites – funny, poignant, earthy and ethereal – all part of the “Newfoundland Vinyl” stage-show lovingly curated and directed by Allison Crowe each Summer at TNL’s Gros Morne Theatre Festival.

The album cover photograph by Allison shows us what she sees at home making music. And the songs themselves let us feel it all, as well. Joys and hardships be tugging on the heart-line first cast by Simani, and true as ever: “You might think she’s rugged and cold, but she’s home, sweet, home to me.”

Allison Crowe: all vocals, instruments, engineering and production.

Album cover photo: Allison Crowe.

Graphics: Mind Palace Design.

Release: November 16, 2018

"Once" Upon an Opening Night

Here’s me as Eamon! Opening night tonight! @theatre_stjohns

#oncethemusical #musicaltheatre #newfoundland 

Photo Credit: Rich Blenkinsopp*

*Allison Crowe as Eamon in Theatre St. John's production of "Once"

Set Design: Anna Treusch
Lighting Design: Noah Feaver
Costume Design: Keith Robert
Direction: Keith Pike

Link's 9th!!

My little guy is 9 years old today he’s accepting all presents in the form of love #dachshund #dog #birthdayboy

Music + Theatre

Allison Crowe and Band celebrate 224 rousing years on-stage with this original traditional tune, “Rare Birds”. (…or is it 224 songs… best check Allison’s “ABC List”)

Rare Birds - Allison Crowe and Band W2U2 from Allison Crowe on Vimeo.

With Allison Crowe performing a song solo, closing act 2 of the concert at St. John’s LSPU Hall, her bandmates duck below – for a sartorial switch-up. These quick-change artists now return to join Allison for the encore:

Quick-Change Artists - Allison Crowe and Band W2U2 from Allison Crowe on Vimeo.

This Summer, Theatre St. John’s brings to the LSPU stage the Tony and Grammy-winning musical “Once”. Allison Crowe’s excited to join TSJ’s stellar cast and crew – Miranda MacDonald (“Girl”), Mike Cox (“Guy”) and more to be revealed between now and opening night. This show runs August 8-19 at the LSPU Hall. The event page is @ https://www.facebook.com/events/977798939050567

Rehearsal – Bird Set Free

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.

Allison Crowe and Band find clothier

’twas another favourite band from a northern town that lyricized love – and fun – cannae be bought with money.

Musing on such fab notions, this birthday of Allison Crowe, it must be noted, then, that Allison and bandmates Céline Sawchuk, Sarah White, Dave Baird & Keelan Purchase form a priceless combo.

Witness some of their concerted hijinks – giving rise to the group term known as “a reel of Keelans” (akin to a flock of seagulls, a pod of dolphins etc.) – and contributing to Allison’s recent post-tour declaration:

I'm exhausted - but it's the good kind of exhausted. Not the kind that's like "I'm never doing that again. Ever." , but rather the kind that comes from working like crazy on something you felt you were maybe supposed to do, but was really a giant leap in to a pit of OH DEAR GOD THIS IS CRAZY of sorts, with a group of people that rocked their butts off with enthusiasm and love the whole damn time. Not without fear. The kind of fight or flight that it turns out is exhilarating rather than debilitating. When you get off the ride at the fair and scream "LET'S DO IT AGAIN" until you're hoarse and your body can't take it anymore. So - Celine - thank you for your passion and music and images and designs and being my gym and knitting buddy, Dave - thank you for your precision and timing and hilariousness and birding and commitment - Sarah thank you for your mando and music and level-headedness and perspective with humour, and Keelan - for jumping in this crazy clown car with us and bringing your instruments and jokes and huge dramatic presence and subtlety and also thank you for your clothes. I love you guys. LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

Home for the Holidays and more

It’s an holiday weekend o’er numerous Canadian provinces (outside of NB, NS and NL). The biggest celebration happens in Prince Edward Island and soon carries over to Newfoundland – marking a return home of the prodigal son, Link. Allison Crowe’s dashing friend has been visiting UPEI’s Small Animal Hospital where the super medical team has set him back on track. Next stop, home, as evinced in Allison + band’s joyful rendition of Gary O’Driscoll’s universally hearth-felt anthem:

"Music Speaks Louder Than Words"

Just announced! Allison Crowe returns to the lovely Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia - her first visit since performing in H-town with Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 2012. This upcoming special concert event - "Music Speaks Louder Than Words" - happens Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the Bella Rose Arts Centre.


Here's the scoop from The ScotianAires:
https://www.facebook.com/events/253414015091473  Much fun ahead  :)

Snow

Snow.

Fireworks all across the bay.

For Shannon

https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/snow-2

Snow

Words & Music by Allison Crowe

Ice blue
Beautiful silence
The first snow falls
And whispers peacefully

Floating and reeling
you land in a snowflake
On everybody’s jackets
Keeping them company

Set about the air
And find without formation
No lines, no barricades
Just abstract light

A different shape
For every eye that sees
A comfort, a brush
through all of our eyes

lively and dancing
through the air
in the Winter's night
on the winds

falling and landing
landing and fixing
leaving an imprint
on all you have seen

and in this ice blue silence
this beautiful memory,
do not guard jealously
no time to despair

no pain in this cold
Just good, just kindness
A blanket of memory
Soft in the night

So smile and watch
As the snow falls around us
Landing on us all
Leaving peace to remember

Never one shade,
Never one shape
Always in motion
And beauty inspired

Ding Dong Merrily on High - Day 26 on the Musical Advent Calendar

Allison Crowe, the most original, vital – and versatile – voice of her generation in popular music rings in Day 26 on the Advent Calendar with this playful song off the all-a-cappella “Souling” album:

Written originally as a French dance tune in the 1500s, words were added to create “Ding Dong Merrily on High”, first published in 1924’s “The Cambridge Carol-Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons”.

Enjoy a new song each day through Christmas open on Allison Crowe’s Musical Advent Calendar @ http://allisoncrowe.com/MusicalAdventCalendar2016.html

Santa Baby - Day 12 on Musical Advent Calendar

On Day 12 of her Musical Advent Calendar, all together for CBC’s Feed NL Day show, Allison Crowe met this jolly man in a red suit – and, so, the calendar opens on “Santa Baby”:

Allison Crowe and special guests bring "Tidings" to the ACC Corner Brook in Concert - Saturday, December 10 at 8pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/578139959061288

>Each day through Christmas celebrate a new song on Allison’s Musical Advent Calendar @

http://allisoncrowe.com/MusicalAdventCalendar2016.html

Baby, It's Cold Outside - Day 1 on Musical Advent Calendar

Our Musical Advent Calendar opens with “Baby It’s Cold Outside” ~  ~ from Allison Crowe’s all a cappella album “Souling”.


Baby, It's Cold Outside from Allison Crowe on Vimeo.

And, it is :)

November 27 opens on Musical Advent Calendar

The first date, November 27, is open on the Musical Advent Calendar @ http://allisoncrowe.com/news.html

Musical Advent Calendar: November 27 - December 25

Each day through Christmas another music video link will open - click on each image to enjoy the music there revealed and shared.

"Best of this season and of all the seasons to everyone near and far... may the New Year and those years to come bring you joy, contentment, the best of what you want, and the clarity of who you are..." ~ Allison

~ Peace on earth, goodwill toward all ~

Images courtesy: The Graphics Fairy + band fotos by Billie Woods & Stephen Drover+

The Icing on the Cake

and the finale... (this was difficult to film but you get the idea haha) #ganache #chocolate #baking #cake #birthday #scorpio #food

and the finale.... (this was difficult to film but you get the idea haha) #ganache #chocolate #baking #cake #birthday #scorpio #food

A video posted by Allison Crowe (@allison_crowe) on Nov 16, 2016 at 5:15pm PST

 Allison Crowe + the icing on the cake on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/p/BM5HiAvgQfi

Happy Birthday, Allison :)

Celebrating - November 16!!

"My life in a nutshell"

My life in a nutshell. #fiddle #knitting #coffee (not pictured here but prolific in quantity)

Allison Crowe on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/p/BKDu7tvhXmh)

Fun Ahead

This is me being excited about all the cool stuff going on - SEEMINGLY ALL THIS WEEK ALL AT ONCE - some of which is truly 15 years in the making... can't wait to share with you all as it happens! First up, a super fun show on Saturday the 13th with TNL at the Arts and Culture Centre in Corner Brook - come see us! We're a lot of fun.


Allison Crowe @ https://www.instagram.com/p/BBoQ171tSTx