Singer-songwriter+ Allison Crowe’s “Crayon and Ink”, an exhilarating venture in the slipstream of consciousness, paired with a visual excerpt from “Destino” – a collaboration launched last century by surrealist Salvador Dali and motion picture + animation pioneer Walt Disney. (This film’s rediscovered in the years since Allison’s creative mash-up.)

This version of “Crayon and Ink”, released on her debut collection, “6 Songs”, features Allison Crowe’s voice and piano, with Dave Baird on bass, and Kevin Clevette, percussion.

The song’s captured live-off-the-floor in Summer 2001 – by Engineer/Producer Larry Anschell at Turtle Recording Studios in White Rock, BC, Canada as the band’s en route to Seattle, WA, USA for the Worldwide (Pearl) Jammer Convergence: https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/crayon-and-ink 

To everything, turn, turn, turn. 

As we enter Week Four of “Allison Crowe August” the CHMR turn-table’s a moveable feast – a cornucopia of concert-stage, studio and home recordings from Allison and bandmates. 🎶 

“The Friday Morning Markout” serves up songs for all seasons – platters that matter – all this month, Fridays 8am though 10am Newfoundland time. 

Sommeliers of sound & segues, DJ Jason Cantwell & his ever-lovin’ side-kick Blackie, pour musical+ magic. Our cups runneth over where all hearts open and all wines flow: http://markjabroni.mysite.com/ 💖 

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Two hours of full-on fun featuring some of the greatest musical performances e’er committed to record  🎶 plus the latest pop culture notes from Nerdist.

That’s guaranteed on “The Friday Morning Markout” throughout “Allison Crowe August” on CHMR. Bolstered by Blackie, broadcasting’s furriest friend, DJ Jason Cantwell, MC+ of this singular celebration of alliteration delivers on this promise with sanguinity and super segues. 

Each Friday in August – 8am to 10am Newfoundland time – look for links and listen as Week 3 of “Allison Crowe August” launches: http://markjabroni.mysite.com/ 💖 

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Justice is served, musically, via Week 2 of “Allison Crowe August” on CHMR’s “Friday Morning Markout”. 🎶

O’er two hours we all can abide. DJ Jason Cantwell & Blackie the Court Clerk balance the scales with truth and humour.

“To live outside the law you must be honest”, something all parties can agree is the case with music of Allison Crowe, solo, and joined by dock-mates – 8am to 10am on the Newfoundland clock each Friday this month. 

The jury is in: Hallelujah! 💖

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The Monarch butterflies’ migration, the Cliff swallows’ return to Capistrano… such marvels date and delight our own calendars.

And the music of Allison Crowe 🎶 flies once more to the airwaves of CHMR FM Radio – alighting Friday, August 4: “Allison Crowe August” Week 1! 

Naturally, DJ Jason Cantwell and his ever-loving sidekick, Blackie, like the Attenboroughs of Audio Amazement, tend this musical celebration via “The Friday Morning Markout” – 8am to 10am NL time @ https://www.chmr.ca/ 

Tune in each Friday Morning Markout this month for a very happy return! ❤️ 

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Love is an ocean… or two, the currents buoying this tune from Allison Crowe’s album “Spiral”. 

Manifestly aboard, Allison (voice, guitar, engineer) is united with musical ’mates: Billie Woods (acoustic guitar); Dave Baird (bass); Laurent Boucher (percussion); Larry Anschell (electric guitar, engineer); and Kayla Schmah (producer): https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/oceans

Photo of Allison nearby Juliet’s balcony and wall, La Casa di Giulietta in fair Verona, by https://www.billiewoods.com

A song for all seasons, "Effortless" opens the album "This Little Bird" – a music collection and recording marking, celebrating, Allison Crowe's migration from Canada's Pacific shores to its Atlantic coast: https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/effortless

Allison Crowe - voice, piano, songwriter, engineer, producer; Dave Baird - bass; and Laurent Boucher - percussion. 

Photo by Billie Woods https://www.billiewoods.com

Life’s ups-and-downs, its swings and roundabouts, find expression, mark good company, via song. 

Musician+ Allison Crowe notes: “Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make." In France, dans Paris’ Auditorium du conservatoire Gentilly, Allison debuted “I’m Alright”: https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/im-alright-allison-crowe

The spectacle’s coordinated by impresario Jacques Leforestier – and Allison, along with tour-mate Billie Woods, road-manager Camille Schmah & driver Axel Dollheiser, is joined for the occasion by guest artist Emily B Green (Em Verte), MC Jessica Kuijer, photographer Frédéric Raquil, super-fan Ming Cheam – plus Parisian amis, both, old – Agnès Jourdain, Olivier Rohart, Karim Khenoune-Montanaro, Hélène, Céline – et new: Michèle Marie Joubert, Boukary Magassa + 

Santé! 

“I Don’t Know” – the personal and universal expressed in song by Allison Crowe. 

Music captured live by Audio Archivist John MacMillan on Canada’s Denman Island, BC. Then, in “post” as it were, film composer/scorer Kayla Schmah contributes string arrangement and production in Hollywood, USA. 

First released on Allison’s album “Spiral” – https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-know – in this creative mashup we encounter as well the original cinematic interpretation of Gaston Leroux’s gothic novel, “The Phantom of the Opera” – visuals from the unrestored version of the 1925 film – now in the public domain – featuring Lon Chaney as ‘The Phantom’.

O Canada.  🍁 

Maple syrup, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen… bannock, toutons, poutine!

When the goose bites, when the playoffs sting... we simply remember our favourite things…

Like Allison Crowe lifting us up (where we belong to quote Buffy Sainte-Marie). Up and away – accompanied visually here by characters created by Toronto-born illustrator Joe Shuster and his pal from Cleveland, Ohio, just south of the border, writer Jerry Siegel. 

Celebrating Canada Day (July 1st) and Independence Day (July 4th) this weekend, to boot! 

“Alive and Breathing”: Allison Crowe (vocals, guitar, piano, composer, engineer & producer); Dave Baird (bass); et Laurent Boucher (percussion).