Allison Crowe with Céline Sawchuk a cappella – “Tochter Zion”, a popular German Advent song and Christmas carol, based on choral movements from a pair of George Frideric Handel’s oratorios (“Joshua” and “Judas”). A Time for Tidings https://allisoncrowe.bandcamp.com/album/a-time-for-tidings Canada's amazing Allison Crowe (vocals, piano & guitar), Vancouver Island-born, Newfoundland-nested singer-songwriter, pairs with exquisite cellist/vocalist Céline Sawchuk, born in Germany's Black Forest and now home on Salt Spring Island, BC to bring “Tidings” – music for the season & all-time. "A Time for Tidings", cabaret-style live from the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, stirs together traditional Christmas and holiday evergreens with year-round musical treats from English, French and German repertoire. It's an organic blend of rock, jazz, folk, roots and soul to reflect and refresh all our emotions. Uniting a range of rich cultural traditions, Allison Crowe with Céline Sawchuk deliver real wonderment, solace and joy. "Allison Crowe's voice is as much a manifestation of Christmas spirit today as Bing Crosby's was in 1942. It's as warm as an open fire; as gorgeous as snow-frosted evergreens; as tender as that hug you give your mother on Christmas day" – The Pique "Be prepared to be amazed" – ChristmasReviews Music recorded and engineered by Leif Henderson at "The Cultch". Thanks, as well, to Audio Archivist John MacMillan. Album Art: Alick Tsui Photography + Mind Palace Design Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noel! Buon Natale! + Best o' the season to you and yours!! Ho! Ho! Ho! Peace :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eevKdQMx2vk

"The Mobile Goat Song" is composed by Tom Cahill, of St. John's, Newfoundland, a frequent collaborator with "Newfoundland's First Lady of Song", Joan Morrissey, who released this cheerrful romp on her 1973 LP "Home Brew". Both Cahill and Morrissey have left earth's green pastures -- and live on in the hearts and music of islanders. Naturally, this be the favourite song of Rose Nylund, aka Rosie, whose visage appears in the accompanying video and who's kindly representin' - goats here, there and everywhere! Rosie lives with her people, artists Cara and Pam, another tiny goat, Sophia, together with ten cats and a dog at The Grumpy Goat Gallery in Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland: http://www.thegrumpygoatgallery.com/pages/about-us She's also loaned her name to Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast at the same location -- described by the hand-writing members of the menagerie as "the funniest, loveliest place on earth": http://thegrumpygoatgallery.blogspot.ca/2011/07/everything-is-coming-up-roses.html The creatures in the tune hail from Mobile - http://mobilian.tripod.com - on the beautiful Avalon Peninsula -- in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This recording from Allison Crowe is on her "Newfoundland Vinyl" LP, the 11th release on Rubenesque Records Ltd. - and out like the spuds on June 25, 2013. Dig it! http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/the-mobile-goat-song As Musical Director for TNL's production of "Newfoundland Vinyl: The Flip Side" at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival, the Canadian musician, born in Nanaimo, BC, on the Pacific, is active now in her Atlantic setting, curating and arranging songs for this Summer's GMTF cast. It's a rich and varied collection harvested from the island region's popular music and oral traditions. The album's 10 tracks traverse parlour songs to country tunes and folk favourites, songs of land and sea that share the strength and the struggles, the joys, heartbreaks and the humour of people. As well as being a premiere songwriter, musician and performer of original material, Crowe's recognized as one of the great modern interpreters of song - via her internationally-acclaimed and much-loved versions of songs by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, and plenty more greats - Allison Crowe's singular performances deliver familiar and much-loved songs afresh and with renewed joy. Crowe's just returned to her home in Corner Brook, NL, after attending the World Premiere in New York City of "Man of Steel", the Zack Snyder-directed Superman epic in which she has a cameo - as a musician performing "Ring of Fire", a song made famous by Johnny Cash. MoS is currently the #1 box office draw on planet Earth. (Had things not gone so wrong on Krypton, it'd surely be a smashing success there as well.) Next she rol ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL-NVHi-xhQ