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"I love singing for people," says Allison Crowe. "It's a way to connect and share with others. Communication is crucial. Just being able to do what I do, to write and sing and perform, makes me feel not only alive, but incredibly lucky. Knowing at any moment everything could change, I don't take one second for granted."

"Allison sings with such an intensity of emotion, it's easy to see why she's often quoted as saying 'Why music? Why breathing?'," notes pioneering music blog Muruch. "That kind of artistic passion seems extremely rare these days."

Born November 16, 1981 in the harbour city of Nanaimo, BC, Crowe's home since 2005 is Corner Brook, NL. From the lovely isle of Newfoundland her reach is global. Millions of people enjoy her vocal, piano, guitar+ songs and music videos - on land, sea, and in the air - everywhere from an home-computer in the Gulf to a state ceremony in Tasmania.

"Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with," says UK music industry journal Record of the Day. "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." Across the sea, Ray Padgett (Cover Me, SPIN, Mashable) observes: "There are some voices that speak (or sing) for themselves. You know the ones. Voices where it doesn't matter what they sing. Voices where it doesn't really matter what instruments support them. Solomon Burke has such a voice. Jeff Buckley had it. Allison Crowe has it too."

Once this phenomenon 'from the islands' reached the mainland she's steered well clear of those manufacturing the record industry "style inventions" (as Joni Mitchell tags them). Courted by the establishment, Crowe, taking a cue from Ani DiFranco and Loreena McKennitt, chose instead to form her own label.

Since 2001, Rubenesque Records Ltd. has released a series of critically and commercially successful recordings of Canadiana, Celtic, jazz, roots, folk, soul and original rock: Lisa's Song+ 6 Songs (2001-3); Tidings (2003/4); Secrets (2004); Live at Wood Hall (2005); This Little Bird (2006); Little Light (2008); Spiral (2010); Arthur / Up to the Mountain (2011); Tidings Concert (2012); Newfoundland Vinyl (2013); Heavy Graces (2013); Songbook (2013/14); Souling (2014); Newfoundland Vinyl II (2014); Sylvan Hour (2015); Newfoundland Vinyl 3 (2015); Souling (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2015); and Introducing / Heirs + Grievances (2016).

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"Souling" Songs From Allison Crowe

"Souling" Songs From Allison Crowe

Source: Adrian du Plessis

Allison Crowe’s gorgeous voice brings tidings of comfort and joy with Souling—her 11th full album release. The artist, one of our greatest living musicians, singer-songwriters and performers, has always created authentic music. With this newest song set her voice is heard wholly a cappella. The songs themselves have a purity of expression—a 21st century take on music of faith and spirit—sounds and themes aired by carollers and soulers of old. The genesis of Souling is found in the bond Allison ...

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"16 Songs" Video Album From Allison Crowe = Music + Movie Magic

"16 Songs" Video Album From Allison Crowe = Music + Movie Magic

Source: Adrian du Plessis

"Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make." That’s how Allison Crowe framed things near the start of this century before launching Rubenesque Records Ltd., one of the world’s truly independent music labels. Through legendary live performances, broadcasts, and a dynamic oeuvre of recordings, globally-acclaimed and loved, Crowe’s distinguished herself among today’s finest songwriters, recording and concert acts, and as a supreme interpreter of popular song. Combining versatility and virtuosity, the amazing Canadian musician transmits ...

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Allison Crowe Drives To New Lands: “heavy Graces” Tour On Deck

Allison Crowe Drives To New Lands: “heavy Graces” Tour On Deck

Source: Adrian du Plessis

She comes from a land of ice and snow. Some years more-so than others. And, like such phenomena, Allison Crowe’s preternatural talent, and her peerless body of music, is marked by a pure, crystalline, uniqueness. “How can someone so small and young have such a big voice and write such heavy duty songs?,” legendary West-coast Canada musician and publisher Barry Newman found himself wondering upon discovering a teen-aged Crowe on a Vancouver Island stage in the year 2000. For a ...

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Allison Crowe European Tour - May 2014

Allison Crowe European Tour - May 2014

Source: Adrian du Plessis

Enriched by almost two years of focus on recording, film and theatre productions at home in Canada, Allison Crowe and the A-team, guided by the legendary road-meister Axel Dollheiser, resume international concert touring this Spring. First up – May 2014 brings a return to some favourite venues in Germany and Italy, alongside wunderbar new music rooms: 03.05 - Siebenklang Musikfestspiele - Bernau bei Berlin; 07.05 - Jazzlokal Mampf – Frankfurt; 11.05 - Jazzhaus – Freiburg im ...

"The first thing you notice about Allison Crowe is her voice. Rich and dark, it seems to come from a place most singers can only dream of accessing. Then there are the songs. Filled with raw passion and accompanied by eloquent piano playing" ~ Clodagh O'Connell (The Courier, Rolling Stone+ N.A.)

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"Una voce incredibile per una forza della natura." ~ Reset Radio (Italy)

"Canada's finest songwriter" ~ Stephen Thomas (Co-founder Folkroom Records UK)

"Her extraordinarily emotive way of singing and the subtle beauty of her songs stand out from just about any other artist ever." ~ Muruch (USA)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Heirs + Grievances

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2016

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Songbook

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2014

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Tarry Trousers

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2014

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Newfoundland Vinyl II

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2014

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Newfoundland Vinyl

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2013

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Heavy Graces

Rubenesque Records Ltd.
2013

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Videos

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