Tidings:
"Music for the season and all time"
Tidings brings together traditional carols, and not-so-traditional songs, all interpreted, even redefined, through the vocal and piano artistry of Allison Crowe. It's a much-loved collection tagged "the Yule-tide find of the year" by one music critic. "Her voice celebrates the music with a bluesy rock-gospel intensity; her controlled vibrato, silken rasp, and powerful projection rivet your attention. This is no casual background music... be prepared to be amazed," says another reviewer. Tidings is popular year-round - not just during the Christmas season when it's a natural. The album's songs are recorded, live-off-the-floor, on Winter's eve in Canada by Engineer & Producer Larry Anschell, (Pearl Jam, Sarah McLachlan, k-os), who captures the magic at his Turtle Recording studio by the shore in White Rock, British Columbia. ****REVIEWS****
Peace on Earth ~ goodwill toward all.
Allison Crowe's performances of Tidings' traditional songs can be enjoyed wholly - by clicking on the musical notes below. For lyrics, click on the pen icon. Cover songs are two-minute samples (lo-fi from CD Baby). Hi-fi song downloads are available for purchase @ CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, EMusic, Rhapsody and more. (Click on site name to visit.) Music in CD/album format is found in Allison's own Shop, as well as via CD Baby, MapleMusic, AmazonUK, AmazonUS, AmazonCA +
| Track | Title | Length | Music/Lyrics |
| 1 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Words - Edmund H. Sears, Music - Richard Storrs Willis; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) | 0:41 |
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| 2 | River (Joni Mitchell ~ Joni Mitchell Publishing Corp.) | 4:11 |
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| 3 | Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen ~ Leonard Cohen Stranger Music Inc.) |
4:33 |
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| 4 | Silent
Night (Franz Gruber/Joseph Mohr ~ English translation by John Freeman Young. Arranged by A. Crowe) |
4:02 |
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| 5 | In
the Bleak Midwinter (Words - Christina Rossetti, Music - Gustav Holst ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) |
3:57 |
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| 6 | What Child Is This (Words - William C. Dix, Music - Greensleeves, Music Origin Unknown; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) | 4:04 |
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| 7 | Let It Be (John Lennon/Paul McCartney ~ ATV (BMI) Catalog/Sony Beatles Ltd.) | 3:07 |
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| 8 | The First Noel (Origin Unknown; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) | 5:33 |
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| 9 | In My Life (John Lennon/Paul McCartney ~ ATV (BMI) Catalog/Sony Beatles Ltd.) | 3:02 |
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| 10 | O
Holy Night (Placide Clappeau/Adolphe Adam ~ English translation by John Sullivan Dwight. Arranged by A. Crowe) |
4:16 |
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| 11 | Shine
A Light (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards ~ ABKCO Music Inc.) |
3:51 |
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| 12 | Angel (Sarah McLachlan ~ Tyde Music) |
5:26 |
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Studio A (released tracks) ~ Studio B (rarities, boots+)
Web 2.0 Vids #1 ~ Web 2.0 Vids #2 ~ Web 2.0 Vids #3
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