Allison Crowe's Reel

"Through These Heavy Graces" opens the newest album of music from Allison Crowe. http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/heavy-graces Original songs in this collection from the Canadian artist are accompanied visually by a series of excerpts from the classic silent film, "The General" -- a celebration of Buster Keaton's genius. Allison Crowe...

This funkily lo-fi recording is from a concert just before Christmas. Allison Crowe performs "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" - a song written in the 1960s by Ronnie Shannon, and which was a break-through hit for Aretha Franklin in '67. Bob Muller, curator of cover songs at JoniMitchell.com says: "it takes a lot of self-confidence to tackle Aretha's version of "I Never Loved a Man..." but Allison does and nails it just as good as the Queen of Soul herself. Her piano playing is...

"Silence" - a song first heard on Allison Crowe's "This Little Bird" album - is performed by her in "Corner Brook Café" -- the very popular Rogers Television show hosted by veteran Producer Wendy Woodland and filmed by lensman Editor Michael Rigler (MrShadowySouls) in Crowe's home of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. "Threshold" visual processing's chosen here by the duende of the music. http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/silence

"Beatlemania, as it is called, affects all social classes and all levels of intelligence", The New York Times reported in December 1963. We'll hear all manner of takes on similar themes over the coming month, with this February 7 marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles landing at JFK International (New York City's Idlewild airport rechristened on December 24, '63 in tribute to the recently assassinated US President). The group's appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show -- broadcast over the...

Allison Crowe's voice and piano come together on this version of her song, "Secrets (That Aren't My Own)" -- from the album/CD "secrets": http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/secrets-that-arent-my-own Visually accompanying the song recording is an excerpt from the silent film era classic "Ménilmontant" by auteur,...

"Disease" - Allison Crowe's vocal and piano performance captured in concert on International Women's Day in 2008 (08/03/08) -- at Turtle Recording's 20th anniversary celebration. Larry Anschell and Brad Graham co-engineered the audio -- showcasing Turtle's fine-tuned mobile recording expertise heard in music releases from Allison, Pearl Jam, Bif Naked, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Sarah McLachlan and others from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. "Power-house intense" says an European...

Allison Crowe performs at the annual "Tidings" concert in her birth-place of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. (The same event at which her live performance of "I Never Loved a Man" is captured.) Here Crowe delivers a song from her child-hood - Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman's '80s pop gem "Time After Time". Concert video captured by Del Crowe and audio by Scott Littlejohn.

"Words" - from Allison Crowe's newest album, "Heavy Graces": http://music.allisoncrowe.com/album/heavy-graces Original songs in this set from the Canadian artist are accompanied visually by a series of excerpts from the classic silent film, "The General" -- a celebration of Buster Keaton's genius. Allison Crowe enjoys working with today's film...