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HOT NEWS!! >>Crowley lands first ECMA nomination<<

October 2010

Chrissy's Nova Scotia Music Week showcase will be Friday, November 5th at 8:15pm, at the Maracto Digital Stage (Rudder's)!

September 2010

Chrissy has been nominated for a Music Nova Scotia Award for Traditional/Roots Artist/Group Recording of the Year

Awards will also be handed out at the Music Nova Scotia Gala Awards Show, which will take place at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre on Sunday, November 7 beginning at 8:00pm.

The awards will be handed out during Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week at the Music Nova Scotia Music and Industry Awards Brunch, which will be held on Sunday, November 7 at the Rodd Grand Yarmouth beginning at 11:30am. Awards will also be handed out at the Music Nova Scotia Gala Awards Show, which will take place at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre on Sunday, November 7 beginning at 8:00pm.

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September 2010

Chrissy has also been selected to showcase during Nova Scotia Music Week, on November 6th Check out www.musicnovascotia.ca/ for details :)

May 30, 2010

The Departure is CBC Atlantic Airwaves Feature Web Recording of the Week! Thanks to Glenn Meisner for the interview!

http://www.cbc.ca/atlanticairwaves/2010/06/feature-web-recording-of-the-week---may-3110.html

May 26, 2010

You can also hear some tracks off the CD and a brief interview with Bob MacEachern at 101.5 The Hawk.

Look for the May 9th episode at the bottom of the page, about 20min into the show! :) http://www.1015thehawk.com/index.php/Highland-Fling/

May 03, 2010

The Inverness Oran - http://oran.ca/entertainment.asp?id=429

“The Departure: Chrissy Crowley releases new CD

Chrissy Crowley (centre) is joined on stage last Saturday at The Doryman by friends (from left) Jason Roach, Adam MacIntyre, Kenneth MacKenzie and Pat Gillis.

“We’re just doing some last minute preparation for our trip to the Chicago Celtic Festival later this week,” said Crowley.

Crowley is excited about the trip and her new CD which has been in the works for some time now due to her study schedule over the past year. She just returned from a tour of Cuba where she was featured in CeltFest Cuba from April 3rd-12th.

“There’s quite an influence down there from the Spanish Celtic culture which is pretty interesting. We played and taught some fiddle and step-dancing workshops. Andrea Beaton was there as well, and we heard a lot music from the Cuban and Irish musicians,” said Crowley.

Last Saturday afternoon she had a CD release in Cheticamp for The Departure and another one on Sunday in New Waterford. Being busy is what the twenty-year-old Margaree fiddler wants for the summer. She was joined on stage by several guests in Cheticamp including pianist Jason Roach, guitarists Patrick Gillis and Chris Babineau, pianist Maybelle Chisholm McQueen, piper Kenneth MacKenzie, drummer Adam MacIntyre and fellow Margaree fiddler Douglas Cameron.

Crowley says she’s trying now to book as many gigs as she can this summer in order to promote her music and her new recording. Despite her youth she’s used to traveling the world to spread her music. This week Crowley will be joined in Chicago by Patrick Gillis on guitar and Kenneth MacKenzie on pipes. Colin Grant is another Cape Breton artist who will be making the journey to Chicago.>

When Crowley began recording this CD at Lakewind in Sydney she thought she’d be doing a more traditional recording, but things went a bit in another direction at times with some contemporary and Latin influences.

“I just decided to run with it after all because of my age,” she says. The album is already getting a good reception in many quarters. I was very excited this week to get a call from Warner Music Canada. They want to release two of the tracks on a compilation CD,” said Crowley.

Even though Crowley, pianist Jason Roach, multi-instrumentalist Ian Hayes and Pepito Pinto on Jamaican pans took an exploratory approach, there’s still plenty of traditional playing and influence on the recording along with some of Crowley’s own compositions Crowley draws on her Crowley and Chisholm family musical influences as well on several of the cuts. The recording should be a popular choice for those who enjoy dancing as well. This CD should ensure that Crowley is known far and wide for her music.”