This is not your average cover band, but a creative tribute and a re-imagining of Leonard Cohen's songs and poetry by 2 of BC's celebrated singer-songwriters: 2x Western Canada Music Award Winner and Juno Nominee Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone.
Together Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone have arranged some of Cohen's timeless songs beautifully, for two voices, banjo, string bass, piano and guitar.
As Canada's longest running Leonard Cohen tribute, they have toured across Canada several times, playing more than 200 shows to thousands of people in theatres and folk clubs across Canada. Highlights include a mainstage performance at the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival, and sold out shows at Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna, the Dave Dunnet Theatre in Victoria, the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, and Aeolian Hall in London. Visit www.towerofsongmusic.com for more info.
"I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
A hundred floors above me, in the Tower of Song."
When Leonard Cohen sang these words, the Tower of Song was a metaphor for the inspiration that flows between songwriters, each toiling away on their own, but connected by their shared craft. Moved by this concept, Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone collaborated to produce a project that is a dialogue through song and a tribute to the legendary songwriter. Re-imagining both rare and classic works of Cohen, the duo have crafted a sound that resonates with both longtime Cohen fans and a younger audience.
"The tunes are hauntingly lovely. Wonderful takes with close harmonies and violent re-rhythmings. Musically sound. Faithful by being strongly, creatively Cohen, and yet wholly their own."
- James N. Porter, Professor Emeritus (Arts), York University
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