Lisa's Song+ 6 Songs is the debut recording from Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe

Allison Crowe

Allison Louise Crowe is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, communities spanning the breadth of Canada....

. Its tracks were recorded live-off-the-floor in two separate sessions. The first tracks were captured July 2001, on an afternoon when Crowe was travelling to Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, to perform concerts for fans of Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...

 at the Worldwide Jammer Convergence. The final session, in April 2003, was to add the title song for Lisa Marie Young, Crowe's high-school friend who disappeared one night and is still missing from her hometown. This recording has been released in three different EP versions titled Six Songs, Six Songs+ and Lisa's Song+ 6 Songs.

Following the independent model of musicians Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals...

 and Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...

, Allison Crowe launched her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd., with the release of "Lisa's Song" in its various forms.

Track listing

All tracks written by Allison Crowe

1. Lisa's Song – 4:17
2. Fade Away – 4:12
3. Midnight – 3:17
4. Crayon and Ink – 4:40
5. Dark Blue – 3:52
6. Scared – 4:31
7. Philosophy – 4:07

Personnel

• Allison Crowe – vocals, piano
  Piano
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• Dave Baird – acoustic bass
  Acoustic bass guitar
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  , electric bass
  Bass guitar
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• Kevin Clevette – drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Producer: Larry Anschell
• Engineer: Larry Anschell
• Producer and Engineer on "Lisa's Song": Rick Erickson
• Cover Photo: Gordon Christmas
• Art Direction and Inside Photos: Allison Crowe

External links

• Allison Crowe official site
• Allison Crowe's first national tv interview — with Vicki Gabereau (Windows Media)

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• “Crayon and Ink” live on Vicki Gabereau tv show – video (Windows Media)

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• “Scared” Transmission2video (Windows Media) 512 kb/s or 128 kb/s