Hallelujah documentary - Allison Crowe + w. BBC Radio 2's Guy Garvey
- 12 years ago
In late 2003, Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" was mostly known as a male-sung ballad. Allison Crowe unleashed a vitally different interpretation on "Tidings" - her '03 EP that proved so popular it's re-released the next year as a full-length CD.
Five years later, pretty much to the day, BBC Radio 2 in the UK broadcast an one-hour documentary on the song, which, by this time, was being covered almost continually. Host of "The Fourth, the Fifth, the Minor Fall" is Guy Garvey of the band Elbow.
The BBC crew caught up with Allison Crowe at View Two Gallery in Liverpool, England. The space was empty as an echo chamber and special thanks go to producer Richard McIlroy who captured the audio in the moment - shared with his rapt two year-old.
As a bonus to this spoken documentary here's the single, first, take recording of Hallelujah by Allison Crowe - described by a reviewer as "one of the most amazing things ever recorded onto magnetic tape".
The photo image is a self-portrait - 2012.
Five years later, pretty much to the day, BBC Radio 2 in the UK broadcast an one-hour documentary on the song, which, by this time, was being covered almost continually. Host of "The Fourth, the Fifth, the Minor Fall" is Guy Garvey of the band Elbow.
The BBC crew caught up with Allison Crowe at View Two Gallery in Liverpool, England. The space was empty as an echo chamber and special thanks go to producer Richard McIlroy who captured the audio in the moment - shared with his rapt two year-old.
As a bonus to this spoken documentary here's the single, first, take recording of Hallelujah by Allison Crowe - described by a reviewer as "one of the most amazing things ever recorded onto magnetic tape".
The photo image is a self-portrait - 2012.