Monday 26 February 2007
Allison Crowe - A Little Bit About Herself... ;)
Par Jessika2001, Monday 26 February 2007 à 19:50 - Music - #846 - rss
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Here I am again, back with an interview (my first one, hooray! :) ), my friend Allison Crowe was just OK to answer this... Thanks again!!
If you want to know her more, you can visit her Website and Myspace!
First of all, let us get to know you...
1 - Where do you live?
I live right now in Corner Brook,
Newfoundland, and I am originally from Nanaimo,
British Columbia. (opposite ends of Canada!)
2 - How old are you?
I am 25 years old. :o)
3 - Do you have any other piercing(s)? (I know
that you have one on your nose :) )
I have a belly button ring and
earrings.... and I've taken out my nose ring just
recently! I had it for a long time and was taking
karate for a bit so had to take it out, then i
just kind of decided to keep it out after
forgetting to put it back in. hahah
4 - Tattoos?
3 Tattoos... 2 big ones on my back (take up
almost my whole spine except for a little in the
middle, and one small one on my arm that I got
when touring Europe and the UK. I got it in
Ireland on my birthday! (Nov.16 2005)
5 - What is your favorite drink / dish?
hmmm.. I LOVE red wine.. mostly big spicy
red wines, (Bordeaux comes to mind) and I kind of
love ALL food.. haha... but I suppose that one of
my favourite things to eat is Sushi.
6 - What is your favorite movie? And what was the
last one you watched?
I also just generally love movies! My
current favourite was "Little Miss
Sunshine" and I just watched one called
"The Departed" that was really good,
too!
7 - I saw that you liked to travel by watching
pictures from your past tours, what is your
favourite country?
As with food and movies, hahaha, I kind of
love ALL countries! :o) The world is a beautiful
place. That said, I really love Italy and France.
I am thinking that might have something to do with
the food and the wine.
8 - Do you have a place for religion in your life?
I mean, do you believe in something?
I'd say that I am definitely a spiritual
person, though when it comes to religion I suppose
you could call me an agnostic. I don't necessarily
believe, but I don't necessarily NOT believe, I
just don't know!
10 - Do you have a gift for another art form
(painting, design, sport)?
I do love painting and drawing, writing
poetry, doing web design, swimming, playing
soccer, and am just learning belly dancing, which
is a lot of fun. (though I'm not good at it or
anything haha.. but it is fun to learn!)
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Now I would like to know what you think about
music...
11 - I saw on the "Tidings" DVD that you
play piano, do you play any other instrument? and
when did you begin to play?
I play piano as well as guitar, and I
started playing piano when I was about 5 years
old, and I played a little guitar starting when i
was about 13 years old, and have just recently
started learning and performing more with the
guitar. :o)
12 - What are your musical influences? And why do
you like them?
I like Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, Tori
Amos, Ani DiFranco, Loreena McKennitt, Ray
Lamontagne.... this list could go on for a while!
Anyways, I really look up to all of these people,
and those that I haven't mentioned, for their
combination of talent in writing and performing
and their voices, and how they go about pursuing
their respective careers.
13 - What was your first public experience as a
singer? I mean singing in front of an audience :)
Apparently, so says my Mom, my first time
singing in front of an audience was when I was
about 8 years old, at a school assembly!
14 - And what's your best experience?
I think I really just have a whole bunch
of best experiences when performing live. It's my
favourite thing to do, really. It's kind of hard
to narrow it down to one, because every concert,
whether is big or small, has so many different
great details involved.. meeting people, the
audiences reactions, singing along.. etc etc. It's
really why I love doing this!
15 - Let's go back to your "Tidings"
release, I'd like to know why you chose
"Angel"? (Because I'm a huge fan of
Sarah McLachlan ;) ) How do you feel when you sing
it?
I Loved the song Angel when it came out on
Sarah's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy CD, so I really
love singing it. It's a big release to me, and it
seems to mean a lot to people (the song) so it's
amazing how many people can connect with it.
16 - I listened to your latest CD called
"This Little Bird" ("Ce petit
oiseau" in French ;) ), are you planning to
go on the road again this year?
I am definitely planning to go on the road
again for the Ce Petit Oiseau tour ;o) I'll be
coming through Europe again, through eastern and
western Canada, and maybe a few dates in the
United States. Lots of touring to come up this
year!
17 - Talking about the past, I hope you won't mind
me asking you this...Who is Lisa?
Lisa is a woman whom I went to high school
with (she came to my shows quite a bit when i was
just starting out) who went missing in 2002. I
attended a vigil for her that year and had written
a song for her to give to her family, and that's
Lisa's Song.
18 - Did you write all your songs? And what makes
you feel at ease to help you to write?
All of the originals on my CD's are ones
that I have written. :o) Then there are the
covers.. the Beatles songs, the Leonard Cohen etc
etc. For me, writing is almost like therapy, like
writing in a journal (which is often what I do and
where a lot of my songs come from!) I think a bit
of solitude and silence really help me to write.
It's not so easy to write when you are on the road
because so much is going on!
19 - If you have to chose one of your
songs to sing, which one would you pick?
I would probably pick Skeletons and
Spirits because it's a lot of fun to sing and
play. :o)
20 - And one song from somebody else?
A Murder of One, Counting Crows. I do that
one sometime! Ever since I was able to drive, it's
a song that I can drive to and sing at the top of
my lungs.. hehe.. I love it!
22 - This is my last question : How do you see
yourself in the next few years?
I think I see myself touring more and
traveling more and learning more and doing more
of what I am doing right now, on a gradually
increasing scale, to be exact. :o) (Also, I'm
engaged so I see myself getting married, which is
kind of a big life thing! haha and having one heck
of a party... it seems most of the people that my fiancé
and I know are musicians so that's one jam
that I am REALLY looking forward to!!!!!!!)
Well, thanks for everything...
thank you! hope these work for ya!
Alley :o)