Martin Luther King Jr. Day, singing for peace, love and understanding, Allison Crowe on piano with Patty Griffin's tune inspired by Dr. King's "mountaintop" speech: 

+ an encore, guitar, version: 

Most of us have emptied our stockings+ of chocolate, candy canes, Pfeffernüsse, fruitcake and other edibles by now… just in time for Tinsel Town scribe Emily Clute to inform us there’s a basket of Easter eggs to devour in movie…

"After all of the storms 

Are come and gone..." 

https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/album/pillars 

+ 

https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/album/six-more-songs

[ picture is of my panther Johnny Cash as a baby ] 

Dealing with life the best way I know how: Getting increasingly weirder and more absurd as time passes. 

My wish for you all is to be pleasantly surprised…

"There are places I remember 

In my life, though some have changed 

Some forever not for better 

Some have gone and some remain..." 

“The first Noel the angel did say 

was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; 

in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, 

on a cold Winter's night that was so deep…” 

“A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, 

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn’…”

"Silent night, Holy night, 

all is calm, all is bright 

'round yon Virgin 

Mother and Child…" 

“Spotlight: Women in Jazz” podcast, hosted & directed by musician/vocalist Ava Gallo, today features genre-spanning, heart-opening, artist Allison Crowe. 🎶 

This musical gift for the season & all-time, also presented by Ithaca College radio station WICB 91.7, can be enjoyed…

“What Child is this who, laid to rest 

On Mary's lap is sleeping? 

Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, 

While shepherds watch are keeping?” 

“I pondered on those days gone by 

as I sat beside the mill, 

and gazed upon the setting sun 

as it sank beneath the hill…” 

Video: A Delightful Performance Of “Now I’m 64” By Allison Crowe ~ Allan Showalter

O’er coming months, all of Allison Crowe’s 200+ song recordings will be available on Audius – the music platform, (based on “public blockchain infrastructure and other decentralized technologies”), that’s aiming to pioneer a new way for artists and audiences to…

Near 20 years ago, Allison Crowe first recorded Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” for release. 

Breaking the mold, as ever, Allison shares the music with us on life’s journey, and this year she’s renewed this song in tribute to Autumn…

’t’was the week before Christmas 🎄 🎶 and 🐈‍⬛  through 🐈‍⬛ the house...

https://www.lovemeow.com/kitten-returns-shelter-cat-mother-2656070024.html  

"A soul cake, a soul cake 

please good missus a soul cake. 

An apple, a pear, a plum or a cherry 

any good thing to make us all merry..." 

"Oh, Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ruins 

You're covered in secrets 

Your'e covered in treetops, you're covered in birds 

who can sing a million songs without any words..." 

"It’s comin' on Christmas 

They’re cuttin' down trees 

They’re puttin' up reindeer 

And singing songs of joy and peace..." 

“If I could only have you near 

To breathe a sigh or two 

I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 

And to be once again with with you” 

“In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, 

earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; 

snow had fallen, snow on snow, 

in the bleak midwinter, long ago…” 

"Someday at Christmas there’ll be no wars 

when we have learned what Christmas is for – 

when we have found what life’s really worth 

there’ll be Peace on Earth." 

~ Allan Showalter shares

"In just 37 seconds, Allison Crowe delivers an a capella version of 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' that is – and I don’t think I’ve ever used this word to describe a Christmas carol – exciting. If…

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"Allison Crowe’s resonant, rich, gorgeous voice seems as much a manifestation of Christmas as an instrument for singing holiday songs. Indeed, a Christmas season at AllanShowalter.com without an Allison Crowe post would be like Christmas without – well, without a…

We have a tree of Juanita’s this year - and I had to get decorations I hope she would have loved. Went for pearlescent stuff, pastels , and just the tiniest bit of bling. Hoping it would be Neets approved…