Allison Crowe Comes to Toronto July 26

Long time friend of publicbroadcasting.ca Allison Crowe is finally coming to Toronto. Allison, if you don't know or have forgotten is an incredibly brave and forward looking singer songwriter who has fully taken control over her own career. She has started her own label to produce her music, sells her own CDs and still makes all of her music available on her website for free. (Just click on an album for a list of tracks you can download.) You can also freely download video, individual songs not on her 6 albums (to date) and sheet music.

Somehow despite the fact that she is doing everything wrong, at least according to the traditional 'music industry' Allison is doing just fine thanks.

On Saturday, July 26 starting at 8:00 p.m., Allison will performing at Toronto’s Heliconian Hal. The full message from Adrian (her manager) is below.

"On Saturday, July 26 starting at 8:00 p.m., musician Allison Crowe performs in Toronto’s Heliconian Hall, “a visual and acoustic gem dating from 1875” (35 Hazelton Avenue http://www.heliconianclub.org ) This be the first performance by the acclaimed and much-loved singer-songwriter in Yorkville - where musical kin folk made the Village scene in the '60s.

Allison Crowe has just returned to North America, following concert dates in Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt, Prague and Scotland. She proved a sensation at the 'John Lennon Northern Lights Festival' in Scotland: "Canadian angel Alison Crowe gave one of the weekend's most magical moments," says The Scotsman, Scotland's national newspaper.

Festival Director Mike Merritt describes Crowe as "awesome" and "spine-tingling", noting her performance in the Highlands "put hairs on the back of your neck! She brought the house down."

"Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. 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," says UK music journal Record of the Day.

Since 2003 Crowe has released six critically and commercially successful CD albums. Her songs and music videos online enjoy an audience numbering in the millions. Grassroots touring each year across Canada and Europe has earned a reputation for exciting live shows that stir together original songs with much-loved interpretations from the popular songbook in an organic blend of rock, jazz, folk, Broadway, gospel and soul. It's a joyous sound that one music critic describes as 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf'.

"Ever wonder what it would have been like to listen to a gifted singer/songwriter from Saskatchewan in a small, intimate hall before she became Joni Mitchell? Don't fret the missed opportunity. There's no need to turn back the clock. Check out Allison Crowe," ~ The Record (Canada)

"Treat yourself to one of the mightiest talents on the singer-songwriter scene today." ~ Bob Muller, JoniMitchell.com (USA)

"Her version of 'I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)' would give Aretha Franklin goose-bumps." ~ Robert Moyes, Boulevard (Canada)

"The most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in my entire life." ~ Ross Hocker, WGTE/NPR Radio (USA)

Advance tickets: http://www.maplemusic.com + http://www.allisoncrowe.com

Contact: Adrian du Plessis c/o management@allisoncrowe.com + (250) 537-1286 "