Alley's new labum is released this week, and, it's quickly reaching
people's ears! (hooray for the mail service! how you doing, Reena?
in a Brooklyn accent! that's Brooklyn, NY - not Brooklyn Deards!)
Here are a couple of wonderful online reviews just posted:

***** haunting and beautiful, July 6, 2005
Reviewer: Sarah Mulchand (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Allison Crowe has the voice, the soul, and the ability to express
herself in a manner that gives one chills. This live album of Ms.
Crowe's perfomance Victoria BC's Conservatory of Music, both a
combination of her original songs and a ecelectic mix of covers only
left me eager for more. The album is described as "a range from
roots & blues through folk, pop/rock, jazz and Broadway" which is
entirely accurate. There are songs on this album that cover every
mood, every musical interest. While I love the entire collection, I
would have to say that my favorites are "Sea of a Million
Faces", "Secrets", "I Dreamed a Dream" (from Les Miz..amazing!),
"Whether I'm Wrong", "Imagine" and the classic "Me and Bobby McGee".

If you could only buy two new albums of this year, it would be this
and Ben Lee's "Awake is the New Sleep".

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that five star review from Sarah is @ Amazon.com - yay! and, Swiss
music-lover and reviewer, Fish, has posted the following on his site:

STOKEDFISHS CD AND MOVIE TIPS

Artist: Allison Crowe
Album: Live At Wood Hall
Year: 2005
Label: Rubenesque Records LTD
Review: This is a double cd of Allisons Live at Wood Hall
Victoria Conservatory Of Music (Victoria B.B. Canada) show on the
nights of March 24 and 25 2005. It features 14 of Allison's
originals, I especially like the song Disease with its beautiful
dreamy piano line at the very beginning, but also By Your Side, Pray
For Rain, Immersed and Whether I'm Wrong. Well, it's all good. Alley
covers some songs too, for instance Tori Amos' Playboy Mommy, Ani
DiFranco's Independence Day and John Lennon's Imagine. She has an
excellent voice and is one of the most promising and overlooked
artists out there. She also did a great cover of Nirvana's Smells
Like Teen Spirit, not featured on this cd. Allison definitely
deserves some more attention. Check her out and enjoy!
Highlights: Disease, By Your Side, Pray For Rain, Immersed
Comparison: Reviewers say Alley is similar to Tori Amos and
Sarah McLachlan, but well, I don't know...best just buy the cd, you
won't regret it, seriously

Copyright (c) 2005, stokedfish