Today marks the one year anniversary of the great poet's death. Last night in my hometown Montreal, many great artists (Sting, KD Lang, Elvis Costello, Lana Del Ray and others) gathered at the Bell Center for a tribute concert called "Tower of Song".
I could not attend being away, but the concert will be broadcast tonight on CBC Radio. If interested you can catch it here:
http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/19261/listen-leonard-cohen-tribute-tower-of-songAlso today, the City inaugurated a massive mural painting on Crescent Street. It will be a Montreal landmark for years. Simply beautiful.
Here's a picture of it:
https://twitter.com/WomanFromAway/status/926489645516500992For the next week, I'll share some of my favourite Cohen songs with you. If you don't know the man's work, it should give you a good introduction.
I'll start with "A Thousand Kisses Deep". It's a song that came later in his career, and it gives the listener a good sample of his work from the past 15 years. I find it gorgeous.