词条 | Susan Crowe |
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| name = Susan Crowe | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Folk | occupation = Singer-songwriter | instrument = Singing Guitar | years_active = 1970s-1980s, 1994-present | label = Corvus | associated_acts = brava Rankin Church & Crowe | website = {{URL|susancrowe.com}} }}Susan Crowe is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.[1][2] She was the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards English songwriter of the year and has been nominated for two Juno Awards.[3][4] CareerCrowe's interest in music began when her father and mother enrolled her in piano lessons as a child.[1] While she did not enjoy the piano, she began playing her older brother's guitar.[2] Crowe was writing songs by the time she was 11 years old and performing in coffee houses at age 19.[5] She performed at coffee houses and folk clubs in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area through the late 1970s.[2] In 1980, Crowe moved to Toronto, Ontario to further her musical career and help her partner through medical school by working as a waitress and at the Canada Post.[2][6] Eight years later she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she worked multiple jobs, including stints as a waitress, art gallery assistant, mail carrier and beekeeper.[1][2] Crowe returned to music in 1994 and released her first album, This Far From Home, that same year.[1][2][7] The production of This Far From Home was paid for using proceeds from a coffee shop located in the south side of Vancouver that Crowe had opened.[6] This Far From Home was nominated for the 1996 Juno award for Best Roots & Traditional Album: Solo.[3] In 1996 she also released her second album, The Door to the River.[7] Her third album, A Pilgrim's Mirror, was released in 2000.[7] A Pilgrim's Mirror was nominated for a West Coast Music Award.[1] In the early 2000s Crowe toured the Czech Republic with artists including Katherine Wheatley and Lenka Slaba.[8] She joined Laura Smith and Cindy Church to form the trio brava in 2002 at the urging of music agent Chris Hopkins.[9] brava toured throughout Canada from 2003-2004.[10] Crowe released Book of Days, her fourth album, in 2003. Book of Days was produced by Danny Greenspoon and was nominated for two awards: the 2004 Juno award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo, and the 2004 East Coast Music Association award for Roots / Traditional Solo Artist of the Year.[3][11] She also won Music Nova Scotia's 2004 Female Artist of the Year award for her work on Book of Days.[1] Five years later, in 2009, Crowe released Greytown, which was also produced by Greenspoon.[1] Her work on Greytown earned Crowe the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for English songwriter of the year.[12] She served as executive producer for All the Diamonds, Raylene Rankin's final album.[13] Associated actsFrom 2003-2004, Crowe toured throughout Canada with Laura Smith and Cindy Church as a member of the group brava.[6][10] In 2007, Crowe reunited with Church when she, Church and Raylene Rankin formed the group Rankin, Church & Crowe.[14][15] Rankin, Church & Crowe released a live album entitled Live at Alderney Landing in 2008.[15] Rankin, Church and Crowe toured together until fall 2011 when Rankin underwent treatment for a recurrence of cancer. Following Rankin's death in 2012, Crowe began performing less and concentrating on Corvus Records, her record label.[16] Corvus RecordsSusan Crowe founded Corvus Records in 1996 to help independent artists complete recording projects.[17] Artists signed to Corvus include John Reischman, John Reischman and The Jaybirds, John Miller, Nick Hornbuckle, and Susan Crowe.[18][19] Raylene Rankin was also signed to Corvus Records prior to her death in 2012. Albums
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite news |title=Canadian Guitarist Learns Music and Life Skills from Beekeeping|publisher=International Musician|date=November 2009|url=http://im.afm.org/doc/AFM_IM/internationalmusciannov09/2009103001/26.html#26}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite news |title=Crowe has firmly established herself as one of the leading mature voices in the Canadian folk landscape|author=Sandy MacDonald|publisher=Halifax Daily News}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite web |title=Artist Summary - The JUNO Awards|publisher=Juno Awards|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=susan+crowe&submit=Search}} 4. ^{{Cite news |title=Halifax's Joel Plaskett takes leading two trophies at Canadian Folk Music Awards|publisher=MSN Canada|date=21 November 2009|url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/news/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22681370}} 5. ^{{Cite news |title=A Special Folk Festival: Calgary’s 25th Anniversary|author=Rosaleen Gregory|publisher=Canadian Folk Music|date=1 September 2004}} 6. ^1 2 {{Cite news |title=As this Crowe flies: Singer-songwriter Susan Crowe sold cappuccinos and lattes from a street-side espresso machine to finance a CD that would end her 13-year hiatus from performing: CROWE: Recording another CD|author=Katherine Monk|publisher=The Vancouver Sun}} 7. ^1 2 {{Cite web |title=Susan Crowe Discography|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/susan-crowe-mn0001390912}} 8. ^{{Cite news |title=Answering the call of the Schoolhouse; Katherine Wheatley and Cate Friensen will reunite at Arkell for one special night|author=Robert Reid|date=17 January 2002|publisher=Kitchener-Waterloo Record}} 9. ^{{Cite news |title=Solo mates reunite as Brava|date=18 March 2004|publisher=The Vancouver Sun}} 10. ^1 {{Cite news |title=Smith returns for unique On-stage show at Centre; East Coast singer revels in live shows and prepares for national tour with BRAVA trio|author=Robert Reid|date=30 January 2004|publisher=Kitchener-Waterloo Record}} 11. ^{{Cite web |title= Book of Days - Susan Crowe|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/book-of-days-mw0001077677/credits}} 12. ^{{Cite news |title=Plaskett double winner at Canadian Folk Music Awards|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Company|date=22 November 2009|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/plaskett-double-winner-at-canadian-folk-music-awards-1.861364}} 13. ^{{Cite web|title=Documentary: All the Diamonds|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Company|date=3 June 2012|url=http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/documentaries/2012/06/03/all-the-diamonds/}} 14. ^{{Cite news |title=Good things come in threes|author=Meagan Baxter|publisher=Sherwood Park - Strathcona County News|date=11 October 2011}} 15. ^1 {{Cite news |title=One-off collaboration 'clicked' as partnership|author=Tom Murray|publisher=Edmonton Journal}} 16. ^{{Cite news |title=Humour, empathy came naturally to Rankin Family star|author=Jonathan Waddell|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=9 October 2012|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/humour-empathy-came-naturally-to-rankin-family-star/article4599766/?page=all}} 17. ^{{Cite news |title=Jaybirds Fly Through Bluegrass On New CD|author=Larry LaBlanc|publisher=Billboard Magazine|date=5 February 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%22john+miller%22+AND+%22corvus+records%22&source=bl&ots=eus3Mkig1F&sig=2T3pm0-8B8HNG32q3ObDcvIQ7mc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pn_NU4foNMSLyASnw4K4DA&ved=0CCQQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22corvus%20records%22&f=false}} 18. ^{{Cite web |title=The Story Behind...John Reischman & The Jaybirds|author=Donald Teplyske|date=15 June 2013|publisher=Country Standard Time|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/blog/fervorcouleebluegrass/entry.asp?xid=968}} 19. ^{{Cite news |title=John Reischman and the Jaybirds|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company|date=13 August 2009|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/dailyplanet/john-reischman-and-the-jaybirds/3126360}} External links
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