Allison
Crowe in Concert ~ with Special Guest Trois Femmes - Friday, Sept.
14
When,
a couple of Winters back, musician Allison Crowe declared she was
flying east to Newfoundland some people did wonder if her
navigational equipment was out of order.
Born
on Vancouver Island, in the same town, Nanaimo, and on the same
date, November 16, as jazz superstar Diana Krall, (though genres
and generations apart), Crowe was steadily earning a reputation as
one of the most exciting new vocalists and pianists in the rock
world. When she decided to leave her British Columbia nest, it
might have been anticipated she’d move to a big music centre,
say, New York City - where she’d already commenced album
sessions and was being courted by record industry heavyweights.
The
acclaimed artist, though, followed her heart to Corner Brook -
where, under the pale-salmon stage lights of Gitanos’
dinner-club, she’d been charmed by a local lad on an earlier
tour-stop. And, making her move, Crowe did what any good
songwriter would do - she wrote a song about it. “This Little
Bird” who flies “to a Corner in the East” became the title
track of Crowe’s next, and newest, album. (You can hear
& download the song )
Her
career continues to soar from her home on the rock. “This Little
Bird”, recorded on both of Canada’s coasts, with help from
some of the brightest talents in both of her home territories, has
alighted on top-ten lists from the USA to Sweden. It’s currently
a hit on radio in Scotland where she travels next month to be part
of the “John Lennon Northern Lights Festival”.
"Get
a piece of paper and write Tori Amos in the top left hand corner.
Then write Patti Smith top right, followed by Stevie Nicks and
Leonard Cohen (stay with me) in the bottom two positions. Then
draw diagonal lines from their names to the centre, forming a big
symmetrical cross. Here is where you will find Allison Crowe's
music," says Australia's culture site, The Scene. It's
a joyous sound that one music critic describes as 'Elton John
meets Edith Piaf'. Says JoniMitchell.com song curator, Bob
Muller: "Treat yourself to one of the mightiest talents on
the singer-songwriter scene today."
Folks on island have opportunity to catch Crowe, with special
guests, next month, at a cabaret-styled concert in the Corner
Brook Arts & Culture Centre Lobby - on Friday, September 14.
The show begins at 8 p.m. with a set from Trois Femmes - three
talented women, one a native to the Corner Brook area and two from
neighbouring Nova Scotia, who love music and have varied
backgrounds in performing. Through a series of very fortunate
events, Peggy Perry, Meegan Lovett, and Mary Chisholm joined
together to form a trio in September 2006. Experimenting with a
variety of music from classical to Atlantic folk, the girls
settled comfortably on a sound featuring contemporary and jazz
songs. Each musicienne draws from her collection of favorites for
Trois Femmes’ repertoire. Showcasing and blending together the
sounds of piano, cello and voice - it’s a balm of the familiar
and the not-so-familiar for the listening ear.
Aprés Trois Femmes, “This Little Bird”
will take her seat at the A&C Centre’s grand piano.
"Allison has a special gift that is so very rare in musicians
today. She is true to her mind, heart and spirit. She also has a
most wonderful humor which envelops her audience," says Ross
Hocker, long-time public broadcaster with NPR affiliate WGTE.
Hocker, whose taste embraces Thelonious Monk, Bela Bartok and
Charles Gounod, calls a recent performance by Allison Crowe
"the most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in
my entire life."
Advance
tickets for Allison Crowe w. Trois Femmes are $17 general/$12
students and seniors (HST incl.) @: Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre Box Office, University Drive ~
(709) 637-2580 (Door
prices: $22/$15 HST incl.)
For
music and more info please visit http://www.allisoncrowe.com
or write management@allisoncrowe.com
and/or phone 250-537-1286
