Susan Crowe

Susan Crowe is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She was the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards English songwriter of the year and has been nominated for two Juno Awards.

Career Crowe's interest in music began when her father and mother enrolled her in piano lessons as a child. She performed at coffee houses and folk clubs in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area through the late 1970s. 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. 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. She joined Laura Smith and Cindy Church to form the trio brava in 2002 at the urging of music agent Chris Hopkins. brava toured throughout Canada from 2003 to 2004.

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. She also won Music Nova Scotia's 2004 Female Artist of the Year award for her work on Book of Days.

She served as executive producer for All the Diamonds, Raylene Rankin's final album.

Associated acts From 2003–2004, Crowe toured throughout Canada with Laura Smith and Cindy Church as a member of the group brava. Rankin, Church & Crowe released a live album entitled Live at Alderney Landing in 2008.

Corvus Records Susan Crowe founded Corvus Records in 1996 to help independent artists complete recording projects. Artists signed to Corvus include John Reischman, John Reischman and The Jaybirds, John Miller, Nick Hornbuckle, and Susan Crowe. Raylene Rankin was also signed to Corvus Records prior to her death in 2012.

Albums 1994: This Far From Home 1995: The Door to the River 1998: A Pilgrim's Mirror 2004: Book of Days 2009: Greytown

Awards and nominations 1995: Juno Award Nominee in the Best Roots/Traditional Solo Recording category 1997: West Coast Music Award nominee 2004: Music Industry of Nova Scotia's Best Female Artist Award 2004: Juno Award Nominee in the Best Roots/Traditional Solo Recording category 2004: East Coast Music Award Nominee 2005: East Coast Music Award Nominee 2009: English Songwriter of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards