Hiya Nick - and all good folks gathered together here ( :

Alley's new CC recording is epic, imho ~ and you'll enjoy the whole
album experience, I'm sure!

Earlier today, I emailed out the following word - and it contains
links to mp3s of A Murder of One, and Alley's original, There Is
(which some people have commented reminds them of legendary '70s
singer-songwriter, Laura Nyro - fwiw, it's always nice to hear such
positive associations)

"In her voice I heard the cry of the world": Live at Wood Hall, new
Allison Crowe CD release July 1/4

"Why music?" "Why breathing?"

Allison Crowe's credo says it all.

On the liner to his album, The Times They Are a Changin', Bob Dylan
notes, "there's a movie called Shoot the Piano Player/ the last line
proclaimin/ 'music, man, that's where it's at'/ it is a religious
line/ outside, the chimes rung/ an they/ are still ringin."

In the words of Leonard Cohen: "God is alive. Magic is afoot."

This July 1, Canada Day, and July 4, Independence Day in the U.S.,
will mark the release of "Live at Wood Hall" ~ an exciting journey
through Allison Crowe's concert repertoire, freshly recorded 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 (including There Is) to social and political commentary
(Disease, Whether I'm Wrong), the acclaimed vocalist/pianist covers
her favourites - in a range from roots/blues (A Murder of One, Me
and Bobby McGee), through folk (Ani DiFranco's Independence Day),
pop/rock (John Lennon's Imagine and Tori Amos' Playboy Mommy), jazz
(In Love In Vain), and Broadway (Bill, I Dreamed a Dream).

Like Satchmo blowing and scatting, or Van Morrison venturing into the
slipstream between the viaducts of our dreams, Allison Crowe has a
singular musical voice ~ as honest and natural as birdsong. And what
she communicates, like the sounds of the Sanctified Church, Mahalia
Jackson's inspiration, and the secular, E Street, temple of Bruce
Springsteen, is joyous and redemptive in its power.

Building on the grassroots momentum of her popular CDs, Secrets and
Tidings, Crowe will soon be performing across Canada and Europe in
support of Live at Wood Hall.

An' outside, the chimes are still ringin'.

There Is ~ http://www.allisoncrowe.com/101AllisonCroweThereIs.mp3

A Murder of One (Counting Crows) ~
http://www.allisoncrowe.com/121AllisonCroweAMurderofOne.mp3



--- In allisoncrowe@yahoogroups.com, "Nicholas" <neveroblivion@y...>
wrote:
> aaaaaah that is soooo cool.
>
> so stoked to here more Counting Crow stuff too- hint hint -
>
> and of course I can't wait to hear new original stuff too!