New England native Kacy Crowley has got some battle
scars. From cancer to drug addiction to the music
industry, Kacy has proved herself to be the definition
of a survivor. Her songs are both fiercely unapologetic
and bravely tender, a combination of poetic insight
and simple observation that has won over the hearts
of fans from Sweden to Saskatoon.
Kacy blew onto the radar in 1997 after Atlantic Records
released her first independent recording “Anchorless”.
With critical praise jammed in her back pocket from
publications like Billboard, Time, USA Today and Vanity
Fair she toured the US and into Canada, joined the
Lilith Fair, played the H.O.R.D.E. festival, opened
for acts such as Chantal Kreviazuk and Marc Cohn and
participated in Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit
with artists like Alanis Morisette, Metallica and
the Dave Matthews Band. Her songs were featured in
the films Little Boy Blue, Anywhere But Here and Three
to Tango, and found their way into various other television
programs. Kacy was also a guest at Miles Copeland’s Castle, a prestigious songwriting retreat in France.
In 2001, Kacy recorded her second album for Atlantic
Records, “Boys in the Attic,” with Fred
Maher (Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, Luna). The record
was shelved by Atlantic, however, and soon after Kacy
and the label parted ways.
“If my life were a movie it would be titled,
Blessing in disguise, a study of understatements,”
Kacy laughs, “getting dropped refocused me on
what I love most about music… struggle and hope.”
She took a couple of years to write and refuel, study
French and horseback ride, and record her third CD,
“Moodswing”.
Produced by Jon Dee Graham (Patti Smyth, Jon Doe,
The Gourds) and released in 2003, “Moodswing”
is an Austin favorite and was named #9 best album
by the Austin American-Statesman. It’s first
single “Kind of Perfect” picked up the
#3 award for best song and was also named #9 song
of the year in KGSR’s top 107 songs of 2003.
Rockergrl Magazine called Kacy on Moodswing, “a
gravely-voiced heroine whose songs are a joy to listen
to.”
Kacy's brand new release, "Tramps Like Us" , is an introspective and disarming collection of eleven acoustic songs that prove with daring simplicity that less is more.
