Allison Crowe Spiral Concert w. Leontine Snoeren Special Guest September 25, 2010

Allison Crowe met Spiral & Speciale Gast Leontine Snoeren

http://www.delindenberg.com/programmaagenda.asp?aid=1596&j=2010&m=9&pga

Voor de Canadese singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is muziek een noodzaak, net als ademen. Dat hoor je duidelijk in de intensiteit van haar zang en pianospel. Allison heeft een krachtige, emotioneel geladen stem.

Spiral is de titel van haar nieuwe cd en haar toer door Europa. Op de cd staan acht eigen composities, vergelijkbaar met de muziek van Jewel en Sarah McLachlan. Daarnaast vind je drie covers: Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen), Throw Your Arms Around Me (Hunters & Collectors) en Why (Annie Lennox). Daarnaast zingt ze bekende favorieten.

Haar roots liggen in de klassieke muziek en de jazzmuziek en dat mengt ze op een unieke manier met rock, folk and soul. Haar muziek zal ook fans van Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles en Pearl Jam aanspreken. Maar ook fans van Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin en Counting Crows kunnen hun hart ophalen.

De pers over Allison Crowe:

"De klassiek geschoolde Canadese singer-songwriter and pianiste Crowe zingt haar eigen repertoire en covers met de passie die je ook mag verwachten van iemand die een bereik heeft van vijf octaven en zes albums in eigen beheer heeft uitgebracht." (TimeOut)

Singer-songwriter Leontine Snoeren is speciale gast.

"De puntige melodieën die Leontine Snoeren uit haar gitaar en haar piano haalt, zijn een ware streling voor het oor. Met een lichte dosis melancholie en hier en daar een vleugje dramatiek, maar altijd helder als glas en elke keer weer betoverend tot de laatste toon." (Oranjepop 2009)

Meer informatie: http://www.allisoncrowe.com + http://www.myspace.com/leontinemusic

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Allison Crowe Spiral Concert w. Leontine Snoeren Special Guest
Saturday September 25, 2010 at 8:30pm

De Lindenberg
Ridderstraat 23
Nijmegen, Gelderland 6511 TM

Allison Crowe's “Spiral” tour reaches Europe soon. In concert the fun and viscerally exciting international musician performs songs from her newest CD, "Spiral" alongside all-time favourites. Special guest artist is Leontine Snoeren.

“Canada’s finest songwriter” is how culture blog, ‘We Write Lists’, tagged Allison Crowe upon release of “Spiral” this year. Pioneering music blog Muruch, in recently celebrating its tenth anniversary, named Crowe its musical mascot, saying: “Her extraordinarily emotive way of singing and the subtle beauty of her songs stand out from just about any other artist ever.”

Allison Crowe’s musical foundation in classical and jazz blends uniquely with rock, folk and soul to appeal to fans of classic singer-songwriters such as Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, alongside rock/pop bands from The Beatles and Pearl Jam, to artists such as Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Aretha Franklin and Counting Crows. Crowe is renowned as a singularly original voice and songwriter, on themes personal as well as worldly, and also as a supreme interpreter of song.

While some are still bewildered by today’s digital environment, and fret the decline of the old-style record industry, years ago Allison Crowe set course for creative and commercial independence, and she’s navigated a true grassroots success. While steadily building an audience for her music, she’s garnered praise in the traditional media – print, radio and television – alongside widespread appreciation in the alternative media and in the global online community where Crowe is especially active and progressive. On YouTube millions of people enjoy her musical performances.

"Once famously described by the Vancouver Courier as possessing a style akin to 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf', the Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is renowned for her ability to blend control and melodrama,” comments MOJO magazine (UK).

“When I listen to it, I think ‘This is real music, real singing’, it has the power, it's natural, not artificial and calculated like many songs nowadays,” says Lukasz Garbol, podcaster with Poland’s popular Radio Swidnik.

Allison Crowe now tours Europe from two bases in Canada – her birthplace, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, and her Atlantic home, Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Jeffrey Pitcher, Artistic Director of Theatre Newfoundland notes: "No matter where she is in this world, that voice, that conviction, it crosses all borders. She's one of those rare artists that fits into any culture, any community because she is who she is - an incredible talent."

"I hear so much music these days, too much for one person really,” says Muruch. “I’m inundated with such a flood of sounds both good and bad that I sometimes forget what it feels like when a song literally produces chills on your arms. Then I hear Allison Crowe sing, and I remember the effect music is supposed to have on you.”

Special guest artist is Leontine Snoeren:

Born into a musical family, Leontine Snoeren learned to play various instruments at a young age. As she turns fifteen, Leontine starts writing songs of her own and eventually grows up to live for music. Now 24-years-old, the singer/songwriter from the Netherlands tells her stories through her music with true passion. Snoeren declares: "Music and I belong together, nothing on earth could tear us apart!"

Winnares studenten singer-songwriter contest "Nootuitgang" te Nijmegen, 2008: "Mooie teksten, goede muzikale uitvoering en mooie open presentatie. ‘Fijn om naar te kijken’ aldus de jury."

Oranjepop 2009: "De puntige melodieën die Leontine Snoeren uit haar gitaar en haar piano haalt, zijn een ware streling voor het oor. Met een lichte dosis melancholie en hier en daar een vleugje dramatiek, maar altijd helder als glas en elke keer weer betoverend tot de laatste toon"

More: Allison Crowe @ http://music.allisoncrowe.com + http://www.allisoncrowe.com + http://www.myspace.com/allisoncrowe + http://www.youtube.com/user/Adrian22 + Leontine Snoeren @ http://www.myspace.com/leontinemusic + http://www.youtube.com/user/Denzhy

We hope you can make it out for a night of passionate music and great fun - tot ziens!!

Official Website: http://www.allisoncrowe.com/tour.html