Allison Crowe
Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981 in Nanaimo , British Columbia ) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who gained worldwide fame for her cover version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah . Crowe founded her own label Rubenesque Records Ltd. in 2003 . after turning down a major label deal . She publishes all her own compositions under a Creative Commons license at Jamendo and Bandcamp .
In 2011 she acted as patron of the Free! Music! Contest of the Musikpiraten eV and made individual audio tracks of their song Spiral available for remixes. After a short time, numerous remixes were uploaded to the ccMixter portal, which was also included in the competition . Three of them were published on the bonus CD of the double album with the winning entries FreeMixter .
Discography (albums)
- Lisa's Song + 6 Songs (2003)
- Secrets (2004)
- Tidings (2004)
- Live at Wood Hall (2005)
- This Little Bird (2006)
- Little Light (2008)
- Spiral (2010)
- Tidings Concert (2012)
trip
Although she had long been a star in Canada and the USA, the young singer was hardly known in Europe. In 2008 she started a three-time European tour, which she began in the spring in England and continued in the autumn. For this long tour, Allison Crowe hired the Vienna-based artist boki.b for her tour posters, banners and posters, which are published at all of her performances.
Web links
- Website by Allison Crowe (English)
- Entry in the All Music Guide
- Allison Crowe on Jamendo (Creative Commons Music)
- Allison Crowe at Bandcamp
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of the patronage at Free! Music! Contest 2011 with the possibility to download the audio tracks
- ↑ Soundtracks from Spiral at ccMixter
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crowe, Allison |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crowe, Allison Louise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nanaimo , British Columbia |