for anyone who doesn't receive Alley's news by email, here's the
latest word:

Celebrated and celebratory, Allison Crowe is home this weekend
following her transcontinental tour, the Rock'n'Rail Revue,
delivered sea-to-sea by VIA Rail. Home now spans from Nanaimo, B.C.
to Corner Brook, Newfoundland - the full breadth of Canada. And, not
coincidentally, she has the heart and talent to encompass so vast a
territory.

Editors at ARTISTdirect.com have made Allison the photo-featured
artist on the site homepage @ http://www.artistdirect.com (With 43
million unique users each month, ARTISTdirect is the third largest
international music network - behind only iTunes and Yahoo Music.)
ARTISTdirect asks "Is this soulful Canadian the next Sarah
McLachlan?"

Maybe the next Little Richard? ( : Much as the intent is only
positive in comparing, methinks she's the one and only Allison Crowe!

Piano tracks, and all but one vocal track, for Allison's upcoming
album, "This Little Bird" have been recorded. Other musical elements
will be added to the core, and ready for release prior to Alley's
next European concert tour - slated for Fall/Winter '06.

On this holiday weekend, in Canada and the U.S., here's a preview:

~ firstly a raw recording of "A Case of You" - Joni Mitchell's song
which seems especially appropriate on Canada Day. "I drew a map of
Canada. Oh Canada." (A mixed version of this live track has debuted
on CBC Radio in Canada.)

http://www.allisoncrowe.com/03ACaseofYou.mp3

~ and, one of Allison's newest songs, "Skeletons and Spirits", a
jaunty take on love-gone-off-the-rails; this live music video was
recorded in Canada's most easterly province, Newfoundland, for the
über-popular Rogers tv program, Out of the Fog:

http://www.allisoncrowe.com/AllisonCroweSkeletons&Spirits512kbps.wmv

http://www.allisoncrowe.com/AllisonCroweSkeletons&Spirits128kbps.wmv


Happy holidays!