1) Allison Crowe Allison Crowe is an independent singer pianist whose voice hardly needs accompaniment. "I saw Allison at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio on December 6th, 2005. It was the most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in my entire life," says Ross Hocker (WGTE/NPR).
"Allison
Crowe has a voice to fall in love with," observes Record of the Day (UK). "She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Irish and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing." The love affair began with Allison Crowe's first public performance ~ belting out a big hit of the Jazz Age, Ja da (Ja da Jing Jing Jing!) at age six.
Nina Simone (a genre buster of another generation) and Chet Baker albums were spinning at home. Carrying this music into her school band and music theatre studies, she found a coach to help harness her powerful vocal instrument and mentors to encourage her playing on piano, flute, bass and drums. Allison's parents' music collection was soon joined by her own discoveries ~ albums from Ani DiFranco, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos and Counting Crows ~ making for an eclecticism evident today in her music. O/Listening just got a whole lot easierO |
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