A Decade of Muruch!
Muruch's 10th anniversary
blog post - July 7 2010
Muruch, the pioneering entertainment blog and website celebrates a decade of providing insightful reviews of albums, live performances, films, and literature. For this special occasion and post, Muruch featured music from three of its all-time favourite musicians - Gaba Kulka, Hannah Fury, and Allison Crowe. You can read the full anniversary post on the site - here's an excerpt on Allison:
Allison Crowe – By Your
Side (mp3)*
Allison Crowe –
Independence Day
(mp3)*
Allison Crowe – I Don’t
Know (mp3)*
As I’ve said before, I consider Allison Crowe to be Muruch‘s true musical mascot. A friend sent me Allison’s cover of a Tori Amos song about five or six years ago and it was love at first listen. Back then, no one seemed to be writing about this Canadian wonder and over the years I’ve seen other bloggers credit this site as where they first heard her music. Allison has also consistently been supportive of mp3 blogs and file sharing in general, recognizing the value of this new form of “word of mouth” as the best way to spread music that doesn’t get played on mainstream radio. She is still relatively unknown in the U.S., but her astounding cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has brought her international attention in recent years. Her extraordinarily emotive way of singing and the subtle beauty of her songs stand out from just about any other artist ever. I think Allison has inspired more writing on this site than anyone else, though she may be tied with Gaba Kulka on that. “By Your Side” and “Independence Day” are from her spectacular Live at Wood Hall album (another of my Best of the Decade), and “I Don’t Know” is from her most recent release Spiral.
Buy Allison’s Music @
Amazon
Allison Crowe Official
Site
Allison Crowe Reviews
