Little Light
Little
Light is the newest singer-songwriter
collection from Allison Crowe. Created from Newfoundland to British
Columbia, it opens with a rustically shimmering
version of "Northern Lights" - a song Allison
performed 'specially for the John Lennon Northern Lights Festival
in Durness, Scotland. "Angels" is recorded live by
Scott Littlejohn at
St. Andrew's United Church, Christmas-time, in Allison's birthplace,
Nanaimo, Canada. She's backed here by bassist Dave Baird and
percussionist Laurent Boucher. "Disease", a song of social
commentary, has, through years of live performance, become epic -
channeling Beethoven, grunge and more. Here 't'is captured in its
raging glory by Larry Anschell (on International Women's Day 2008,
the same night celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Anschell's Turtle
Recording Studios. Larry "Turtle" Anschell, Engineer
and Producer, with Brad Graham Co-Engineer). Title track "Little Light"
is among a set of guitar songs that reveal a different sort of
Allison Crowe's writerly reflections in music. "Happy People",
like such earlier songs as Crowe's own, "Skeletons
and Spirits", a bright melody coats more acid observations.
Strong and gentle poetics of "Hold Back" warm us by
a fire kindled in the '70s by Joni Mitchell. "Choose to Be"
bridges the piano sound of Allison's "This Little Bird"
songs with her new tunes. Bob Dylan's ramblin' shoes lead to a less
restless farewell, as the album closes with "Wedding Song"
- Crowe's sweetest, rootsiest, love song to date.
The interpretations on this collection are: "Time After Time" - originally a hit for that most unusual girl, Cyndi Lauper - Allison, a child of the '80s gives her impassioned take, live (Scott LittleJohn recording this, the same night as "Angels"); "Running for Home", is a cover of the Matthew Good Band, and one of the songs Allison has performed since her teens; and, by way of the Righteous Babe, Ani DiFranco, comes Allison's vocal-guitar nod to the great peace-loving bard, Phil Ochs - "When I'm Gone". "Can't be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone, so I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here."
Allison Crowe's newest album, Little Light ****REVIEWS****
Allison Crowe's Little Light originals can be enjoyed
wholly - by clicking on the musical notes below. For lyrics, click
on the pen icon. Cover songs are two-minute samples (lo-fi from
CD Baby).
Hi-fi song downloads are available for purchase @
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| Track | Title | Length | Music/Lyrics |
| 1 | Northern
Lights
(Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music)
Northern Lights - video w. David Cartier's Aurora Borealis images |
4:10 |
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| 2 | Angels (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) | 3:27 |
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| 3 | Disease
(08/03/08) (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) |
8:19 |
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| 4 | Time
After Time (Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman ~ Rella Music Corp., Dub Notes) |
3:49 |
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| 5 | Little
Light (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) |
4:49 |
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| 6 | Happy People (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) | 3:44 |
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| 7 | Hold Back (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) | 4:11 |
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| 8 | Choose to Be (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) | 4:31 |
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| 9 | Running For Home (Matthew Frederick Good, David Robert Genn ~ Dunharrow Music, Bridgeburner Music, EMI April Music Canada Ltd.) | 4:01 |
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| 10 | When
I'm Gone
(Phil Ochs ~ Barricade Music Inc.) When I'm Gone - music video |
2:57 |
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| 11 | Wedding
Song (Allison Crowe ~ Sambuca Music) Wedding Song - music video |
4:02 |
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