Name: Verses / Morrison's Jig (live)
Duration: 4 min 10 s
Channel: Allison Crowe
Description: First heard from the sensational live recording of Allison Crowe and Band captured recently at LSPU Hall in St. Johns, Newfoundland is Verses. Paul Mercs Concerts, the great Canadian event presenters since 1991, kindly shared Verses, posting: Bravo

Verses / Morrison's Jig (live)

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First heard from the sensational live recording of Allison Crowe and Band captured recently at LSPU Hall in St. Johns, Newfoundland is Verses. Paul Mercs Concerts, the great Canadian event presenters since 1991, kindly shared Verses, posting: Bravo

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Allison Crowe

"Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make."

"Ever wonder what it would have been like to listen to a gifted singer/songwriter from Saskatchewan in a small, intimate hall before she became Joni Mitchell? Don't fret the missed opportunity. There's no need to turn back the clock. Check out Allison Crowe..." Robert Reid, The Record (Canada) "Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Scottish, Irish and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing." Record of the Day (UK) "Once famously described as possessing a style akin to 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf', the Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is renowned for her ability to blend control and melodrama." MOJO (UK) "With the soul of Janis Joplin and the tenderness of fellow Canuck Sarah McLachlan, Crowe rocks with her own unique brand of roots charm." Exclaim magazine rock - gospel, jazz - grunge, classical - blues, folk - soul; a voice that unites genres and generations

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Folk Rock

Charts

#3,104 today Peak #184

#226 in subgenre Peak #21

Author

Allison Crowe

Rights

Allison Crowe

Uploaded

November 26, 2017

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MP3 4.8 MB • 160 kbps • 4:10

Story behind the song

Musicians Allison Crowe (vocals, piano, guitar, fiddle, bodhran), Céline Sawchuk (cello, vocals), Sarah White (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Dave Baird (bass, vocals) & Keelan Purchase (accordion, 12-string guitar, bodhran, harmonica, vocals) recently banded together on the lovely isle of Newfoundland for sessions and shows.

For a flock of creators who live, literally, all over the map its a rare chance to slow the world a bit. We had time to experiment, and think more about the larger picture musically, says bassist & birder Dave. Its only the beginning. Its just the first weve had opportunity to work the music out without much time restraint. It was fun, relaxed, and productive.

Melding into one sound and performance experience the rawest of folk roots and the richest of arena rock   that barely begins to describe the originality and freshness of the quintets music and personality.

Debuting at Corner Brook, NLs Rotary Arts Centre, RAC Theatre Co-ordinator Brad Randell observes, The performance was absolutely magical.  

Rolling across the rock to St. Johns and a concert night at LSPU Hall, magics afoot once more with Allison Crowe and Band  and, this time, serendipitously, artifacts remain to be shared in addition to golden memories of artists and audience+.

Alick Tsui, the truly remarkable SJ-based photographer, was able to attend Act 1 (the bands NL concerts formed around one set in which Allison played guitar or fiddle, and, post-intermission, a second set of songs founded on Allisons piano tunes)  and Alick captured some iconic images of Allison, Céline, Sarah, Dave & Keelan.

Fortunes present audio-wise, and Allisons SD (memory) card is filled with tracks to be mined. 

First up  this original song tagged with some trad.

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