Jennifer Warnes News

You don't need to listen to Jennifer Warnes sing for very long to realize she has an unusually rich voice capable of expressing deep emotion and subtle nuances.

You're probably familiar with this great Leonard Cohen song, but do you recall the bleak Father's Day reference? Here's Jennifer Warnes singing Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan." Watch Cohen's much moodier, cooler video , here .

" Songs From the Life of Leonard Cohen . More a biographical documentary than a concert, the 70-minute program combines live performances--some complete, many abridged--mainly from Cohen's 1988 show at Carnegie Hall, in support of his then-current album, I'm Your Man, with interviews with Cohen himself, his original musical patron Judy Collins and ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen's songs are better known than he is. Starting with Judy Collins in 1966 , they've been covered more than 1,500 times by other singers, whose versions often became more famous than his own.

Veteran local bassist and producer Roscoe Beck distinctly remembers the first time he met Leonard Cohen in an L.A. recording studio in 1979, at the behest of Joni Michell 's producer Henry Lewy .

In 1979, Passenger backed Cohen. Curt Youngblood AMERICAN-STATESMAN Roscoe Beck shows his son Charlie a hat that was signed by Leonard Cohen.

The pressure is building for improved recreational facilities in this community, but there doesn't appear to be any money for anything of the sort in the Township's upcoming budget.

Thursday, May 14, 8 p.m. Tickets at www.ticketmaster.ca, 604-280-3311 or in-person at the Chan Centre Ticket Office $49.75 plus service charges.

Legendary roots and jazz performers and musician's musicians are coming to Courtenay for the 2009 Vancouver Island MusicFest.

A while back I had a request to repost this: Jennifer Warnes third LP is a lost classic.