Similar to her beginnings, Crystal intends to make music a healing power. Attend a Crystal Bowersox show, and you just might see a grown man cry and a child dance simultaneously. By reliving her own painful moments in song, Crystal hopes to transcend that pain, lifting herself and her audience to a higher place. In the opening lines of “A Broken Wing” she sings, “I know there’s beauty in the burden / And even on my darkest day that sun will shine.” Crystal’s story is one of resilience and perseverance, and it’s evident in every note of her newest release, Alive.