For Immediate Release:
ALLISON MOORER FEATURED IN THE PEOPLE SPEAK
PRESENTED BY THE HISTORY CHANNEL THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13TH
New Album Crows Anticipated February 9th on Ryko
December 11th, 2009, New York—Allison Moorer, who is set to release her Ryko debut, Crows, on February
9th, 2010, will make a special appearance in The History Channel documentary, The People Speak, this
Sunday, December 13th at 8/7pm Central. The Grammy and Academy Award nominated singer-songwriter
performs a stirring rendition of the Great Depression anthem "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" in this
poignant film inspired by Howard Zinn’s best-seller A People's History of the United States. Through a series
of dramatized readings and performances by Morgan Freeman, Bruce Springsteen, Matt Damon, Eddie
Vedder, John Legend, Rosario Dawson, Josh Brolin and many more, The People Speak reenacts
extraordinary stories of everyday Americans who helped shape our democracy.
Moorer is no stranger to Zinn’s work. In 2008, she starred in Rebel Voices, a theatrical adaptation of the
Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove’s book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The play
combated hopelessness by igniting the forces responsible for arousing change in the past and thus
celebrating the indomitable human spirit.
In The People Speak, Moorer sings a heartrending acoustic version of Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney’s
"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime." This pivotal 1930’s anthem candidly speaks of the average citizen’s dayto-day struggle during that period and achieved popularity after it was sung by Bing Crosby.
Following this stellar premiere, Moorer anticipates the release of her eagerly awaited album Crows on
February 9th, 2010. Produced by R.S. Field (Buddy Guy, John Mayall), the 13-track album is a refined and
lyrically honest collection of songs that is a marked stylistic departure from her previous work. Crows is
the follow up to her critically acclaimed 2008 album, Mockingbird, which was a celebration of songs
composed by a stunning cast of female songwriters including Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Cat Power, her
sister Shelby Lynne, and more. It also follows Moorer’s first Grammy Award Nomination for the song
“Days Aren’t Long Enough,” a composition she co-wrote with her husband, Steve Earle, for his Grammy
Award Winning 2007 album Washington Square Serenade.
For more information, please visit www.AllisonMoorer.com
For more information on the The People Speak, visit http://www.history.com/content/people-speak
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Allison Moorer is available for interviews.
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Gold Village Entertainment
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Tiffany Mea
Ryko
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ILG
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