Hometown touring makes for a terrific musical bill Friday, July 3 at 8 pm when the amazing Allison Crowe (http://allisoncrowe.com) and special guest artist Ryan McMahon (http://ryanmcmahon.com) celebrate with a concert in the warm acoustic setting of Ladysmith First United Church (232 High Street).
International acclaim for Crowe, the Nanaimo-born vocalist, pianist, guitarist+, who's also home in Newfoundland (since 2005), launched with her 2007 turn on-stage at Scotland’s “John Lennon Northern Lights Festival” before Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen's Music. Calling her "awesome" and "spine-tingling”, Festival Director Mike Merritt told the BBC that Crowe "put hairs on the back of your neck! She brought the house down."...
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Hometown touring makes for a terrific musical bill Friday, July 3 at 8 pm when the amazing Allison Crowe (http://allisoncrowe.com) and special guest artist Ryan McMahon (http://ryanmcmahon.com) celebrate with a concert in the warm acoustic setting of Ladysmith First United Church (232 High Street).
International acclaim for Crowe, the Nanaimo-born vocalist, pianist, guitarist+, who's also home in Newfoundland (since 2005), launched with her 2007 turn on-stage at Scotland’s “John Lennon Northern Lights Festival” before Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Master of the Queen's Music. Calling her "awesome" and "spine-tingling”, Festival Director Mike Merritt told the BBC that Crowe "put hairs on the back of your neck! She brought the house down."
Since her last visit with friends and fans in lovely Ladysmith, (for a sold-out show in Fall 2011), Allison Crowe’s thrilled audiences worldwide. She’s toured with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet – and, even, cameos in the Hollywood blockbuster “Man of Steel” filming a scene minutes up the Island Highway at the Cassidy Inn. (Director Zack Snyder declares himself a major fan.) During these four years she’s released seven albums embracing rock, folk, roots, jazz, Broadway, Celtic+ – including the LP “Newfoundland Vinyl” from the hit stage show at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival for which Crowe serves as Musical Director (http://music.allisoncrowe.com)
Chemainus-born troubadour Ryan McMahon (https://www.facebook.com/ryanmcmahonmusic) loves his Ladysmith home. Much of the year he’s on the road delighting audiences across this land with his distinctive brand of folk roots rock – as solo artist and one-third of ‘The Lion The Bear The Fox’ (https://www.facebook.com/thelionthebearthefox). Citing such true-grit influences as Eddie Vedder, Sam Cooke, John Lennon and CCR, McMahon crafts songs that speak to the human condition. His fourth solo studio album, “Put Me Back Together”, (produced by LBF cohort Christopher Arruda), is just released and earning rave reviews.
Ryan McMahon is special guest when longtime friend Allison Crowe comes to town this July 3rd to join in the celebration.
Venue: Ladysmith First United Church, 232 High Street, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A1
Music: 8:00 PM (Doors: 7:00 PM)
Tickets: $25 General / $20 Students & Seniors – Available in Ladysmith @: In the Beantime Café (18 High Street); Salamander Books (535 1st Ave.); + online @ http://www.allisoncrowe.com/shoptickets.html
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