by Catherine L. Tully

Artist: Chrissy Crowley
Album: "Chrissy Crowley"
Year produced: 2007

If you love a terrific fiddle and are looking for a fresh face, check out this self-titled debut album by the talented Canadian musician Chrissy Crowley. At 9 tracks, it almost seems too short, but she manages to pack each song full of sound, so it does leave one fairly satisfied, if a bit hungry for more.

Evidently the fact that Chrissy became a fiddler was not much of a shock to her family, as she had grandparents that created recordings of their playing which both inspired and instructed the young lady in the finer points of this musical instrument. When you listen to her you'd be pretty shocked to find out that she is a member of the "under 20" set, as she has studied hard and become quite good in a short amount of time; and she is primarily self-taught too.

The fiddle is the star of the show here and other instruments are only around to support Crowley's play--which is a good way to go. Tracks such as "Dodging Potholes" show off this lady's skill as she executes some pretty difficult moves with her bow; a pleasure to hear her soar through. Should be interesting to see what is next for her--good to begin with--she can only get better from here! There's nothing like new talent on the horizon...


Buy the Album: "Chrissy Crowley"

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Catherine L. Tully is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in the arts. She has written for American Style and Classical Singer, among others and reviews music for Marc Gunn's Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. You can reach her through her photography website at http://www.moonbeamdigital.com/.