Hi,
Glad things are going great on your tour. :) In each place of
performance are ya going to post pics?? Wishing you and Allison
all the very best.

Ron
--- In allisoncrowe@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian" <management@...> wrote:
>
> there's much, great, fun being had on this tour - and only the
lack
> of internet keeps me from excitedly passing along news of places
and
> people! when I'm back at my computer, I'll do my best to catch
up...
>
> right now, here's an article that's recently appeared in The
Coast,
> Halifax, Nova Scotia's arts weekly:
>
> ***
>
> http://www.thecoast.ca/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2006-06-
> 01&-token.story=139004.112113&-token.subpub=
>
>
> All aboard
> Singer Allison Crowe comes rolling into Halifax from Nanaimo via
> Newfoundland. Shannon Webb-Campbell catches a ride on the
> entertainment car.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> by Shannon Webb-Campbell
>
> photo Adrian du Plessis
>
> VIA Rail passenger Allison Crowe makes a triangle pit stop in
> Halifax this
> week. The menage a trois spreads from Thursday to Saturday, as she
> appears
> June 1 at Fairview Heights Elementary School, June 2 at The Music
> Room and
> June 3 at Pilot House Cafe and Cottages in Boutilier's Point.
>
> "I've been touring by train for couple of weeks now," says Crowe,
> calling
> from Montreal. "My manager Adrian and I had been toying with the
> idea for
> awhile. We proposed the idea to VIA Rail and got quite lucky as
> they've
> given us their full support, which really helped us in terms of
> finance."
>
> Crowe is currently travelling from coast to coast with her
railroad
> tour
> dubbed Rock 'n' Rail Revue. The trek began with a Mother's Day
> celebration
> on Track 29 at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver and is
scheduled
> to
> come to an end at the St. John's fine dining/jazz establishment
> Bianca's
> on Water Street.
>
> "Being on the train has been quite the experience," she
says. "It's
> such a
> great way to see the country. The highlights for me really have
been
> performing and being on the train."
>
> Opposing sides of the country seem to be a theme in Crowe's life,
as
> the
> Nanaimo, British Columbia, native has recently moved to Corner
Brook,
> Newfoundland.
>
> "I now call Newfoundland home," she says. "My boyfriend is from
> there.
> When I'm not touring, I'm recording, and my gear is portable so it
> made
> sense for me to move. There is such a similarity in people of
coastal
> communities, as the scenery is beautiful and the people are
friendly.
> Aside from winter, it's not a huge difference from Vancouver
Island."
>
> Weather conditions and Screech-ins aside, this honourary
> Newfoundlander
> has the voice of a heavenly creature with quite a knack for the
> porcelain
> keys.
>
> "I've been performing since I was 16. It's hard to believe that it
> will
> soon be 10 years, I feel so old," she says. "I'm classically
trained
> and
> still take vocal lessons and have taught myself some jazz piano."
>
> At 24 years old, Crowe has a burgeoning career and boasts a
handful
> of
> albums, including the self-released Live at Wood Hall and
Christmas-
> themed
> collection Tidings, Secrets and Lisa's Song + 6 songs on her label
> Rubenesque Records. Her most recent effort, This Little Bird, is
due
> later
> this year.
>
> "Basically the album is named after the title track 'This Little
> Bird,'"
> says Crowe. "Usually I tend to be more metaphorical with my lyrics
> but
> this one is pretty bare-boned. It's about me and moving to
> Newfoundland.
> There is a lot more instrumentation on this album, as it's my first
> release with a full band."
>
> Crowe's railroad tour has her stopping in a variety of nooks and
> crannies
> in Canadian cities and exploring various forms of music, from
> originals to
> cover songs. Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Counting Crows, The
> Beatles and
> Pearl Jam are the map-makers of this nightingale's journey of song.
>
> "I've been performing a lot of my own songs," she says. "I've
> recently
> been playing a few songs on guitar. I'm really into
> Cohen's 'Hallelujah,'
> Aretha Franklin's 'I Never Loved a Man', the Lovin' Spoonful's '
> Darling Be Home Soon' and Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of
> You.'"
>
> Each Halifax show will feature a different highlight: Crowe's
> performance
> on June 1 at Fairview Heights is part of the school's Pizza and
Piano
> program, her show at The Music Room on June 2 will feature Fairview
> Heights' 30-piece choir and the weekend will close with an intimate
> seaside show at Pilot House.
>
> "A lot of the shows on this tour have been really intimate, with a
> more
> cabaret feeling," she says. "Each night has been very different,
with
> intervals of travelling by train throughout the day."
>
> Once the train conductor blows the final whistle, Crowe will
return
> home
> to her sweetheart in Corner Brook. She hopes to continue chugging
> along
> the familiar tracks of writing, recording and performing music.
>
> "I drawn inspiration from my life and what's going on around me,"
she
> says. "My songwriting is really much like a journal. It's who I
am."
>