February 18 ~
Spiral among "Most Exciting Albums of 2010"
Allison Crowe's new album/CD Spiral is released globally
March 17, 2010 - St. Patrick's Day. Production wrapped this past
weekend, on Valentine's Day.
U.S.-based entertainment blog Muruch earlier this year named
it as the album they most look forward to, and, now, UK music blog
We Make Lists includes "Spiral" as one of "The Twelve
Most Exciting Albums of 2010", remarking: "Crowe's speciality
is startlingly beautiful piano-based songs that sort of make you
wonder why you bother with anything else."
(Joining Crowe on the list are new recordings from: Fleet Foxes, Fyfe
Dangerfield, Girls Aloud, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Joanna Newsom, Marina
and the Diamonds, Massive Attack, MGMT, Music Go Music and She and
Him.)
For Allison Crowe, a peerless live performer, and a singer-songwriter
of the thrilling calibre known in the 1960s, Spiral is the
seventh release from her label, Rubenesque Records, in as many years.
On her new song collection, the bi-coastal Canadian, (she calls Corner
Brook, Newfoundland and Nanaimo, British Columbia, home), is joined by
musicians Billie Rocha-Woods (acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Dave
Baird (bass, backing vocals), Laurent Boucher (percussion), Brendan
Millbank
(cello) and Larry Anschell (electric guitar, and, also, Engineer at
Turtle Studios in White Rock, B.C.)
Kayla Schmah, Los Angeles-based, Canadian-born, composer and film
scorer, orchestrates and produces the album, bringing her cinematic
talents to a long-time relationship with Crowe. A pair of songs
captured live by Engineers B.R.N. (aka Condor) and John MacMillan
complete this diverse mix
of music made in Corner Brook, Nanaimo, as well as Chilliwack, White
Rock, Denman Island and Salt Spring Island, Canada, Vienna, Austria,
and Hollywood, USA.
The visual art of Spiral is equally beautiful - with cover
paintings by Netherlands-based Tara Thelen, photographs by Canada's
Billie Rocha-Woods, California's Dan Goldwasser, and graphic design by
Florida's Alix Whitmire.
Allison Crowe's national and international concert tours for 2010
follow the release of Spiral.
Allison Crowe's music in digital + physical formats ~ click here
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