Leonard Cohen World Tour 2008-2009 Part 2

July 23rd, 2008 by Pawel in General, Other Events

Leonard Cohen - THE FALL TOUR

The following concerts are the first ones officially confirmed by the tour management. More concerts will be added in the near future. Click here for The Fall Tour

21-Sept-08 Bucharest, Rumania Arcul de Trumph on sale now
24-Sept-08 Vienna, Austria Konzerthaus on sale now
27-Sept-08 Prague, The Czech Republic Sport Hall Tickets at www.ticketportal.cz on sale now
29-Sept-08 Wroclaw, Poland Hala Ludowa
01-Oct-08 Warsaw, Poland Torwar
4-Oct-08 Berlin, Germany o2-World Tickets at www.eventim.de on sale now
7-Oct-08 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle Tickets at www.eventim.de on sale now
17-Oct-08 Copenhagen, Denmark Forum Tickets at billetnet.dk on sale now
19, 20-Oct-08 Brussels, Belgium Forest National Tickets at forestnational.be on sale now
29-Oct-08 Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle Tickets at www.eventim.de on sale now
31-Oct-08 Hamburg, Germany Color Line Arena Tickets at www.eventim.de on sale now
2-Nov-08 Oberhausen, Germany König-Pilsener-Arena  Tickets at www.eventim.de on sale now
5, 6-Nov-08 Glasgow, UK Clyde Auditorium Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now
8-Nov-08 Cardiff, UK Arena Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now
11-Nov-08 Bournemouth, UK Bic Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now
13-Nov-08 London, UK O2 Arena Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now
22-Nov-08 Birmingham, UK NEC Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now
24, 25, 26-Nov-08 Paris, France Olympia Tickets at www.gdp.fr on sale now
28-Nov-08 Brighton, UK Centre Tickets at ticketmaster.co.uk on sale now

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Collage-a-thon

July 16th, 2008 by Pawel in The Event Program

The “Collage-a-thon” is a sort of modern, party version of classic collages. Inspired by Cohen’s music + videos, playing throughout the hospitality suite, participants create collages based on one of the festivals 6 themes:

“4 Old Songs”
“Inspiration/Temptation”
“Find Yourself Friday” (Buddhism, religion, minimalism)
“Dance Me to the End”
“Back on Boogie Street”
“Closing Time”

Not into collages? There’s plenty to do without getting into the glue…. Check out our massive Cohen library of films + music, relax with friends, or plan the details of your visit to Edmonton with the help of our volunteers.

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Clinker “On the Other Side…” with special guest Les Robot

July 3rd, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists, The Event Program
Live Cinema Audio-Visual Performance
Commissioned by the Leonard Cohen International Festival 2008
July 25 & 27, 2008
Rice Theatre
Tickets $15 General Seating

Clinker’s “On the Other Side…” explores Cohen’s continued romance within the light and dark inside our human experience. An audio-visual “deep listening” environment which will draw inspiration from the vast depths of emotion written into the poetry and music of Leonard Cohen.
Clinker
The lush bass tones of Cohen’s voice provide a point of departure for our journey inside Clinker’s cinema of sound and light. Drawing from years of experience in creating and manipulating music and audio, Clinker will deconstruct and reassemble Cohen’s voice into surreal “bass-scapes” using his unique and sophisticated system of analogue and digital electronics.  Clinker’s creation will bathe the audience in an array of Cohen’s “golden” vocal chords augmented with a connection between sonic and visual details. A specially designed sub-sonic sound system will be in place to reinforce the experience of extreme sound-movement through the body.
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Monsieur Camembert !!

April 6th, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists, The Event Program

…a brazen and intoxicating blend of jazz, gypsy swing, Latin & East European influences! (The Age, 2005)
Monsieur Camembert
With a vibrant, contemporary edge, triple ARIA Award winning group Monsieur Camembert has been described as eclectic, virtuosic, theatrical and irreverent. Fusing the wild rhythms of Eastern Europe with tango and Latin music, swing, jazz, klezmer, tarantella and French Musette, Monsieur Camembert’s shows have become synonymous with an atmosphere of celebration and spontaneity. This is gutsy, emotive and irresistibly danceable music, played with originality, virtuosity, sensuality and flair.

The most successful world music band in Australian music history, the core group has been performing for more than seven years and has gained a wide audience at a range of events, including national and international music festivals, concert halls, various performing arts and jazz venues, including the Sydney Opera House, The Basement and the Art Gallery of NSW and celebrity weddings. In 2000, they were a featured act at the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony and were broadcast on ABC Radio National’s live concert series: ‘Live On Stage’ three times.

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Concert Schedule

March 17th, 2008 by Pawel in General, The Artists, The Event Program

Read more about artists listed below

Saturday Night at the Winspear:
Jann Arden
Serena Ryder
Peter Elkas
Roddy Hart
Darrell Scott
Tom Rush
Ted Bishop (spoken word)
Todd Babiak (spoken word)

Friday Night (Festival Pass Holder’s Only):
Ann Vriend
Vicky Hynes
Karla Anderson

Friday Night (’Songwriter in the Round’):
Peter Elkas
Roddy Hart
Darrell Scott
Tom Rush

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Leonard Cohen World Tour 2008-2009

March 11th, 2008 by Pawel in Other Events

Leonard Cohen World Tour 2008 - 2009 Leonard Cohen World Tour 2008 2009

More concerts to be announced soon, stay tuned for more!

Read about “The Fall Tour”!

Tour schedule (more concerts to be announced):

May 11 - Fredericton, NB - Fredericton Playhouse - (ADT)
May 12 & 13 - Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - (ADT)
May 18 - Charlottetown, PE - Confederation Centre - (ADT)
May 20 - Glace Bay, NS - Savoy Theatre - (ADT)
May 23 - Moncton, NB - Capitol Theatre - (ADT)
May 26 - St. John’s, ML - Holy Heart Theatre - (NDT)
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Serena Ryder & The Juno Awards!

February 17th, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists

The Juno Awards have nominated Serena Ryder for “New Artist of the Year”!!

Rhys Fulber has been nominated in the “Producer of the Year” category for his work on the tracks Weak In The Knees and Just Another Day!!

Don’t forget to watch CTV on Sunday, April 6th to see if Serena takes home her award :)

http://www.serenaryder.com/serena.htm

Serena is our subheadliner, a very exciting artist who will be an important part of the Saturday night show.

Serena Ryder is a Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist who grew up in Millbrook, Ontario, Canada. Her best-known albums include Unlikely Emergency and If Your Memory Serves You Well.

Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary, Ryder’s three-octave range is powerful and well beyond her years. She studied in the integrated arts program at Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Peterborough, and performed solo as well as with many of Peterborough’s bands as a teenager.

Serena Ryder

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Kate Hammett-Vaughan

February 14th, 2008 by Pawel in The Artists

“Kate Hammett-Vaughan is the real deal, a talent all Canadians should recognize.”
—Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star

Since moving to Vancouver, BC from her home province of Nova Scotia in 1979, Kate Hammett-Vaughan has established a reputation as one of Canada’s most individual and creative jazz vocalists, and one of the West Coast’s most respected teachers of the art of jazz singing. Kate Hammett-Vaughan

Hammett-Vaughan’s ease with all manner of material and her improvisational instincts set her apart from many of her contemporaries. Her highly personal and expressive vocal style incorporates the breadth of her musical interests, from straight-ahead soulful ballads to hard-swinging grooves and improvisational adventures. Her approach is fresh and invigorating, paying tribute to the jazz tradition while interacting and exploring, always seeking to express herself in the moment. Equally at home as a front-line performer or as a member of an ensemble, singing straight-ahead swing or participating in free-improv adventures, Hammett-Vaughan makes sure that what she is performing remains accessible to her audience.

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