First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes...
MONTREAL (AFP) - Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight. An apostle of love in praise of the wandering spirit, Cohen has serenaded generations of music lovers with his haunting voice in songs such as "Suzanne," "Hallelujah," "First We Take Manhattan" and "I'm Your Man." {snip} The entire tour will stop in 14 countries over three months, including music festivals in Nice and Lyon in France, as well as the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, billed as the largest greenfield music festival in the world. Since May, Cohen, who according to his record label Sony will not give media interviews during this tour, has been warming up his vocal chords at sold-out concerts in tiny venues in Atlantic Canada with seats for 700 or less.
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Ohm51 says
That is a fabulous cover of 'Susan' by Fairport ... I'm surprised I hadn't heard this before. I've been a longtime fan of Pentangle and ISB, and had a few friends that listened to Fairport Covention at the time.
So which album is that cut from and do you recommend it?
Ohm51
fairportfan says
It's from *Heyday*, a collection of BBC session tracks.
There's also a studio version on the very first album, which is entitled simply *Fairport Convention*, and there's a live performance from the 1986 Cropredy Festival on the box set *Quiet Joys of Brotherhood*, which is taken from two of the band's "official bootleg" tape sets, "The other Boot" and "The Third Leg".
Ohm51 says
Thanks very much for that fairportfan ... I think I might have to look for some of this stuff and probably take a gander at your MOG pages because I do like this cover of 'Susan' quite a lot.
Ohm51
laura27 says
i would give anything to see leonard cohen. i'll have to check out the date he's playing in Nice because I just booked flights there for july! there's no hope of getting glastonbury tickets. nice covers!
Locating MOG account...
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