Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
18-19 August
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh
Joe Blair and author/musician Peter Cook, perform a set of songs and anecdotes from the life of Leonard Cohen. Songs include the hypnotic Hallelujah, Suzanne, Bird on a Wire and of course, Famous Blue Raincoat. The unlikely musical union of Joe Blair, a passionate Cohen fan whose musical roots lie in folk, and Peter Cook, musician who has performed with John Otway, Wilco Johnson and Altered Images, presents a creative interpretation of the songs, with comment on Cohen’s life journey, paying homage to his work. A must for Cohen fans!