Allison Crowe

Corner Brook & Nanaimo, NL

"Una voce incredibile per una forza della natura." ~ Reset Radio (Italy)

"There are some voices that speak (or sing) for themselves. You know the ones. Voices where it doesn’t matter what they sing. Voices where it doesn’t really matter what instruments support them. Solomon Burke has such a voice. Jeff Buckley had it. Allison Crowe has it too." ~ Ray Padgett, Cover Me (USA)

"Canada's finest songwriter" ~ Stephen Thomas, We Write Lists (UK)

"Ever wonder what it would have been like to listen to a gifted singer/songwriter from Saskatchewan in a small, intimate hall before she became Joni Mitchell? Don't fret the missed opportunity. There's no need to turn back the clock. Check out Allison Crowe." ~ Robert Reid, The Record (Canada)

"the most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in my entire life." ~ Ross Hocker, WGTE/NPR (USA)

"Once famously described by the Vancouver Courier as possessing a style akin to 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf', the Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is renowned for her ability to blend control and melodrama." ~ MOJO (UK)

"One of the best interpreters to come along since Joe Cocker" ~ Bob Bishop, Editor, Paris Voice (France)

"J'ai rarement été bouleversée à ce point par une voix féminine. Pure comme de la glace, puissante et même violente... qu'il est impossible de ne pas mettre son coeur en jeu en l'écoutant... faît …

Lineup

Name Role
Allison Crowe voice, piano, guitar. producer, engineer
Billie Woods guitar, bgs
Dave Baird bass (acoustic and electric), bgs
Laurent Boucher percussion

Influences

Ani DiFranco, Beethoven, Counting Crows, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Felix Mendelssohn, Janis Ian, Janis Joplin, Claude Debussy, Beastie Boys

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13 101 9,852

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Allison Crowe Brings Tidings 2011 from St. John's to Victoria

It's coming on the season to celebrate with one of the great voices in popular music. Expect plenty of rocking holiday cheer, laced with overtones of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles and more when Allison Crowe delivers "Tidings" … READ MORE

Videos

  • 3:33
    Playing her vintage upright-grand piano, at home in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada, …
  • 2:45
    From Allison Crowe's "This Little Bird" album comes this jaunty take on relationships - …
  • 3:21
    Here's a live version of "Angels", a song on Allison Crowe's "Little Light" album/CD …
  • 4:31
    This video accompanies the song "Scared" ~ recorded live-off-the-floor by Allison Crowe and …
  • 4:03
    Canadian indie singer-songwriter Allison Crowe performed this new song to launch the 'John …
  • 3:58
    This guitar-song closes Allison Crowe's 2008 album/CD, "Little Light" …
  • 4:29
    On the road to creating a new album, musician/singer-songwriter Allison Crowe teams up with a …
  • 4:00
    A song in the key of Hallowe'en, a favourite holiday for ghoul-oriented musician Allison Crowe …
  • 5:12
    Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe performs, live-in-the-studio, "Whether I'm Wrong" - …
  • 3:36
    From Allison Crowe's "Tidings" sessions, live-off-the-floor at Turtle Studios, White Rock, B.C …

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