Allison Crowe's Reel

Here’s “Unstable” - one of the songs Allison Crowe performed in her early touring days with bandmates Dave Baird (bass) and Kevin Clevette (drums). It’s recorded in White Rock, BC’s Turtle studios by Larry Anschell (who’s captured music of Bif Naked, Pearl Jam, Sarah McLachlan ++): http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/unstable

"It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.... It's a rather joyous song," says Leonard Cohen, creator of the song, Hallelujah: "I wanted to write something in the tradition of the hallelujah choruses but from a different point of view... It's the notion that there is no perfection ~ that this is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and broken lives but still that is no alibi for anything. On the contrary,...

This time of February, for lots of folks, opens a door through which love, its many forms and facets, is a focus. With Valentine’s Day and V-Day happenings songs have a cherished part, too – reflective, celebratory, and all else. In days of doo-wop, people addressed love’s pizmotality in musical letters. Fast forward to this week - and delivery of a bundle of songs bearing Allison Crowe’s singular stamp. First posting is “Dearly”, from Allison’s “Spiral” album:...

Songs of peace and freedom and justice for all – ‘t’is always the season. Allison Crowe here gives voice to such a tune that filled the air first in 1967 with Stevie Wonder: Peace on Earth, goodwill toward all.

From Corner Brooker Allison Crowe's album, "Newfoundland Vinyl II", comes this stirring song of a shipwreck and brave rescue efforts that occurred on November 29, 1875. http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/newfoundland-vinyl-ii

On Allison Crowe's album "Souling" her voice is heard wholly a cappella. The songs themselves have a purity of expression – a 21st century take on music of faith and spirit – sounds and themes aired by carollers and soulers of old. Here's the first track...

An all-time great rock song and performance - Allison Crowe live-in-concert captured by Turtle Recording’s Larry Anschell (Engineer and Producer) and Brad Graham (Co-Engineer): http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/disease-08-03-08 Lyrical and social themes “as we replace marble with plastic” mesh visually with “Dreams That Money...

"You All Haunt Me" is among the song collection that makes up "Heavy Graces" - the newest album of music from Allison Crowe. http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/heavy-graces Original songs in this set from the Canadian artist are accompanied visually by a series of excerpts from the classic silent film, "The General" -- a celebration of Buster...

"In My Life" - Allison Crowe performing a "John song" was our first video commemorating the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania in North America. With her take on a "Paul song" -- here's Allison now with "Let It Be", again captured in real-time by film director Alex Postowoi and crew and audio engineer Larry "Turtle" Anschell (and in higher fidelity than previously available online). The 'Tidings' album version of the song - ...

Here's the second of two versions of the classic Leonard Cohen song released by Allison Crowe on her album "Heavy Graces". "Famous Blue Raincoat", its composer, Leonard Cohen, says, reflects on the "tyranny" of possession -- of the kind that enslaves us as women and men. It's territory covered here by Canadian musician Allison Crowe. (Crowe's previously celebrated the Cohen songbook via singular interpretations of "Hallelujah", "Joan of Arc" and other tunes from the master songsmith.)...