KEITH JAMES in Concert – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Sat 29 Jun
|Under the Edge Arts
These remarkable songs - stripped back, honest, naked and sensual.


Time & Location
29 Jun 2024, 20:00
Under the Edge Arts, The Chipping, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 7AD, UK
About
‘There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’ Cohen’s most memorable and visionary line from his song ANTHEM. If ever there was a sentence in modern poetry to reflect on and give hope and understanding to us all, it is this line. This Concert begins with ANTHEM.
Enigmatic, mysterious and sub textural, songwriter Leonard Cohen was an unflinching character, with an exact sense of prose, wry humour and the courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty and indulgence with the stroke of each word.
The chilling announcement of Leonard's death marked the end of an era. His music befriended an entire generation. Within every line of his writing, he has been challenging us to listen more carefully, speak more thoughtfully, think more deeply and recognize our own vulnerability. Our World misses him very much.
With a lifetime reputation of performing in this exact way…
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