Happy Valentine's Day!!

I know it's late in the day, but, it's still February 14 ( :

I've discovered a widget - a music player at a site called
ReverbNation ( http://www.reverbnation.com/allisoncrowe ) - you can
link to Allison's "TunePak" it @
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2698

And, hearing a collection of Alley's original songs - all together -
reveals just how great she is at songwriting. Her voice and
musicianship, naturally, get a lot of attention and are much-loved.
Still, as someone who's grown up to the sound of Bob Dylan, Joni
Mitchelland the "classic" singer-songwriters, I don't know of
anyone, in any genre, in today's generation of rock and popular
music creators who can point to a more varied and inspiring
repertoire of songs.

It seems only a matter of time before that reality is acknowledged
(if you've not seen the latest mailout on Alley's actitivities, it's
below).

And, this http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2698 player helps
bring it home. And, it can be emailed, pasted into web pages, and
passed around. Enjoy!

peace & cheers, Adrian


Tickling Glenn Gould's Ivories, Alice Cooper's Fancy and More Fun
Flying In Year of the Pig

"One thing is certain, in the future, when Allison Crowe truly gets
the recognition she deserves she will be placed in the Canadian mind
alongside names like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan and
Leonard Cohen." That's Toronto's Justin Beach introducing Crowe as
this week's "Canadian Music Spotlight" artist at
PublicBroadcasting.ca (
http://www.publicbroadcasting.ca/music/spotlight/2007/02/allison-
crowe.html ) Beach, an ardent blogger, whose voice was first heard
nationally during the CBC lockout of 2005, foresees, also, induction
into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for Crowe, and, possibly,
an Order of Canada to boot.

And that's how Allison Crowe makes people feel. Joyously free, from
her homes in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Nanaimo, BC - bases that
cover the full breadth of Canada - Crowe is reaching hundreds of
thousands of people with her music. And this embrace is ever-growing
by virtue of her natural expression, not due to the "star maker
machinery behind the popular song". JoniMitchell.com's Bob Muller, a
man in tune with songcraft, proclaims Allison "one of the mightiest
talents on the singer-songwriter scene today." Crowe's newest album,
This Little Bird, in only limited release at year-end 2006, secured
a top ten perch on reviewer's lists from America to Sweden. Slated
for full release in 2007, This Little Bird will feature in touring
of Canada and U.S., France, Germany, the Czech Republic and other
countries in Europe.

Allison Crowe's concert calendar is set include a date in our
nation's capital, an Ottawa performance on Glenn Gould's famous
Steinway CD318 - before the piano itself travels to join a year-long
Gould exhibition. A subsequent gala, in Montreal, will celebrate
years of innovation and achievement by one of the country's most
independent and successful visionaries in a different medium.
Details of these events and all the fun ahead in this, The Year of
the Pig, will be posted to Crowe's website.

First though, you can catch up with Allison Crowe in print. She's
among new faces joining such veterans as Tom Cochrane, Great Big Sea
and Alice Cooper for a feature on "Musicians Who Care" in the
March '07 edition of Canadian Musician Magazine. Writer Alec Watson
looks at how Cooper, the Artist formerly known as Vincent Furnier,
legendary as a pioneer of "shock rock", and other swinging musicians
exercise their philanthropic nature. Exploring the theme of "Doing
My Part", journalist Helena Green's in-depth interview with Allison
appears in the March issue of Synergy Magazine.

Thanks for listening.