Allison Crowe

Allison Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who records on her own record label, Rubenesque Records. Her first full-length albums,

Allison Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who records on her own record label, Rubenesque Records. Her first full-length albums, Secrets and Tidings, were released in 2004, when Crowe was 22. Allison Crowe: Live at Wood Hall, a double concert album, was released in July 2005.

Crowe, of Irish and Manx descent, grew up surrounded by jazz, classical and rock music, and discovered additional influences on her own such as Ani DiFranco, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos and Counting Crows. She plays music of all these genres, making her difficult to categorize: in Amazon.com’s free downloads, she has simultaneously been in the top three on the Rock Singer-Songwriters, Hymns, Blues, Jazz, Broadway and British & Celtic Folk charts.