Recent blog posts about Allison Crowe from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/allisoncrowe/ 2012-02-14T23:45:29+01:00 text/html 2012-02-08T19:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4046610/counting-crows-announce-covers-album-and-release-free-download/
Counting Crows announce an album of covers to be released in April and release a free track. They're also looking for artists to submit their Counting Crows covers to be included on a free EP.]]> text/html 2011-11-07T16:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3844322/they-say-its-your-birthday-joni-mitchell/
Download Joni Mitchell covers by Sufjan Stevens, Okkervil River, Austra, RDM, and Allison Crowe to celebrate her 68th birthday!]]> text/html 2011-10-10T20:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3789091/canadian-thanksgiving-coverfolk-canadian-artists-covering-canadian-artists/
Though it falls on Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving Day seems relatively untainted by the parallel history of white privilege and savagery which have come to typify the two American holidays with which it shares either date or name. Rather, though giving thanks in the territories is still partially grounded in the European exploration of territories and provinces, Thanksgiving Day in Canada was originally established as a harvest holiday, pure and simple, first as a natural extension of the human need to celebrate the cornucopia, and subsequently by proclamation, in 1957. My connection to Canadian Thanksgiving is familial: [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-14T05:18:05+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3646660/allison-crowe-arthur-music-video/
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Vincent Van Gogh "loved life so bad, his paintings had twice the color other paintings had". So sings Jonathan Richman (on Rockin' and Romance). And that tells you something about musician Allison Crowe. A modern lover of music, blogger Muruch frames it like this: "There's really no way to convey through mere words how much [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-27T12:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3600436/allison-crowe-exclusive-premiere-of-2-new-songs/
Muruch has long championed the music of brilliant, incomparable Canadian singer-songwriter, Allison Crowe and she often rewards our loyalty with exclusives such as this one. Allison will soon release a "Double-A Side Single" of the original piano song "Arthur" and a guitar cover of Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain." This year also marks the [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-27T12:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3600538/allison-crowe-exclusive-premiere-of-2-new-mp3s/
Muruch has long championed the music of brilliant, incomparable Canadian singer-songwriter, Allison Crowe and she often rewards our loyalty with exclusives such as this one. Allison will soon release a "Double-A Side Single" of her original piano song "Arthur" and a guitar cover of Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain." This year also marks the [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-03T15:01:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3561427/america-the-beautiful-redux-coverfolk-for-a-thoughtful-fourth/
I had big plans to share some thoughts about my conflicted love for America this year on the anniversary of our birth as a nation. But looking in the archives, I see I've written it before: both last year, when we mused upon the complexity of patriotism in a modern age, and in our first year, at a time when our national discourse was increasingly polarized by the impending presidential election. Our Single Song Sunday from last year remains live, and I encourage you to head back into the archives for 10 [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-05T00:18:05+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3492439/single-song-sunday-in-my-life/
There are places I remember... A moment in time, on a stone bench with Pia, our backs to the rubble that was once her home. Showed her an AP photo of a man holding a page from her account book, which had flown 80 miles to make the news. Admired the clean hole that was her home's foundation, and the clothes - her daughter's, her son's, her husband's, her own - she has been collecting from the neighborhood. Left her looking in the flat mound next [...]]]> text/html 2011-01-28T20:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3153607/mp3-mixtape-friday-mixtape-cxxxvii/
Per requests, we're going to try something new this week. Now, not only do we offer a mix of this week's best new singles and remixes, along with covers hand-selected by Cover Me , in bullet form below, but we also took said mix and uploaded it in zip file format, which you can now download by clicking here . You're welcome! And please enjoy! NEW Singles: "The Roller" by Beady Eye "My Father's Eyes" by Ben + Vesper [...]]]> text/html 2011-01-21T22:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3134365/allison-crowe-records-patty-griffins-mary-cover-me-premiere/
Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe has released a new cover of songstress Patty Griffin's "Mary". The song, which originally appeared on Griffin's Flaming Red, gets the acoustic treatment from Crowe in a lovely tribute to one of America's most underrated songwriters on the scene.]]> text/html 2011-01-19T23:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3128797/ani-difranco-covers-greg-brown-bruce-springsteen-phil-ochs-nat/
I've seen Ani DiFranco live in concert twice - once in a packed concert hall, and once outdoors, at a folk festival - and in both settings, she provided an amazing show, full of passion and pain. But my memories of those two shows are easy to differentiate, and not just because the vast difference in space and time framed her work differently. In the first, which I attended as a chaperone for a busload of high school students, I remember bright lights and stagecraft, an electrified performer with [...]]]> text/html 2010-12-23T15:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3067384/they-say-its-your-birthday-eddie-vedder/
Happy birthday, Eddie Vedder! We got you some sweet covers.]]> text/html 2010-12-20T15:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3059777/muruchs-top-25-albums-of-2010/
Its that time again! Following are my Top 25 Albums of 2010. Like 'em or not, these are the albums I've personally enjoyed and listened to most often in the past year. Click on the album titles to read the full reviews, purchase the albums, and, in some cases, download mp3s *Honorable mention to Florence + the Machine's Lungs , which would have been #2 on this list had it been released this year. Muruchs Top 25 Albums of 2010 25. Sheila [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-12T20:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2966686/mp3-mixtape-friday-mixtape-cxxix/
Now that the Fun Fun Fun Fest has come and gone, one could argue the 2010 festival season is official over. Upset? Depressed? Relieved? A combination of the three? Then thank goodness another edition of our Friday Mixtape is here to save your weekend fro sheer boredom. We got new singles from Kanye West, Ducktails, Tennis, and Acid House Kings, plus remixes featuring Gorillaz, Holy Fuck, and Mark Ronson. And as always, our partner site Cover Me provides a ton of fantastic new covers. So listen and enjoy! Given how fast 2010 has flow by, summer 2011 will [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-08T20:58:18+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2955565/allison-crowe-shows-us-what-sweet-dreams-are-made-of/
Canadian songtress Allison Crowe gives her stunning take on Eurythmics' 1980s classic.]]> text/html 2010-10-06T17:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2873431/covered-in-folk-john-lennon-solo-12-songs-17/
The blogs are abuzz with the impending anniversary of John Lennon 's birth; the man would have turned 70 this Saturday, and in keeping with the digital world's everpresent bent towards relevance and immediacy, the faux-urgency of the date seems to have started an avalanche of tribute. And though we're not usually the bandwagon types, it's hard to ignore the way the Lennon story has come to define both the end of a social era, and the sad coda to the Beatles' breakup - and the impact his songs and spirit have had on music, both in [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-27T15:04:05+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2781753/this-weeks-top-5-most-played-songs-from-swaps-itunes/
Man ALIVE its been another scorcher of a week here in Southern California. I cannot believe how many 100+ degree days weve had in a row. Todays high is supposed to be 95 I guess Ill have to wait and see if that actually happens. Washington DCs high is showing a nice 82 degrees. Im jealous of my buddy Hubb-o-bama and asked him to pass a law that would prohibit any state to exceed 85 degrees. He told me he would work on it, but in the end... Download: Run From [...]]]> text/html 2010-07-28T21:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2716021/in-the-spotlight-allison-crowe/
The Canadian songwriter with the gorgeous voice covers the Beatles, Stones, Pearl Jam, Lauper, and more.]]>