Canada’s Allison Crowe http://www.allisoncrowe.com celebrates Beatles Week 2008 in Liverpool with a guest spot at the Royal Court Theatre http://www.royalcourtliverpool.co.uk (Monday, August 25 - 7:30 p.m.).
Crowe hails from a port city akin to Liverpool - Nanaimo, British Columbia. “Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing," says London's 'Record of the Day'. As well as having a pair of nationally broadcast tv specials in her homeland, Crowe writes, performs, engineers and produces her own music. Since 2003 she’s released six critically and commercially successful CDs - albums that stir together original songs with much-loved interpretations from the popular songbook in an organic blend of rock, jazz, pop, folk and soul. It's a joyous sound that one music critic describes as 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf'.
Grassroots touring across Canada and Europe has earned the singer-songwriter a reputation for thrilling live shows. "The most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in my entire life," is how Ross Hocker, of America’s NPR Radio, describes the experience. Cavern City Tours ( http://www.cavernclub.org ) Director Julia Baird spotted Allison Crowe performing at Hal Bruce’s ‘1st Annual Maritime Beatle Event’ in Halifax, Canada and is instrumental in bringing her Merseyside.
Online, her songs and music videos online enjoy an ever-growing worldwide audience. Over two million people have viewed Crowe’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” on YouTube, and her other videos, including such Beatles favourites as “In My Life” and “Let It Be”, alongside John Lennon’s “Imagine” have, together, been watched over one million times.
Known to “take a sad song and make it better” she proved a sensation at last year’s 'John Lennon Northern Lights Festival' in Durness, Scotland: "Canadian angel Alison Crowe gave one of the weekend's most magical moments," says The Scotsman. Festival Director Mike Merritt describes Crowe as "awesome" and "spine-tingling", noting her Highlands appearance "put hairs on the back of your neck! She brought the house down."
To date in 2008, Allison Crowe has received standing ovations in Paris, Prague, Vienna, Frankfurt, New York City and other cities on her tour map. She’s delighted to be part of Beatles Week festivities in this, Liverpool’s year to shine as European Capital of Culture.
Now, here’s the word:
Royal Court Theatre - Monday, August 25 - 1 Roe Street 0870 787 1866 Imagine 7:30 pm Allison Crowe + 8:30pm Back From The USSR + 9:15 pm Fab Four Las Vegas.
Having been some days in preparation, a splendid time is guaranteed for all!
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