ADAM COHEN: TOUR 2011

[Inna]

Jarkko

Is there any news on the Tel Aviv Barby Club concert? Is it final? On Adam's site it is, but on the Barby Club site there is no mention of it. Is it because it is a bit early? Will Adam perform in Israel with Mai Bloomfield as well?
Thank you for any information you could provide.

[jarkko]

I have a list from AEG with the December dates (however, for the time being without Tel Aviv), but I was asked to hold the announcement.
Now the following new dates are on Adam's website, so we have no reason the believe that those wouldn't be valid:

Fri-Dec-02 Vienna Austria Porgy & Bess
Sat-Dec-03 Milan Italy La Sulumeria Della Musica
Sun-Dec-04 Lausanne Switzerland Les Docks
Tue-Dec-06 Prague Czech Republic Divadlo U Hasicu
Wed-Dec-07 Katowice Poland Hipnoza Club
Thu-Dec-08 Warsaw Poland Fabryka Trzciny
Sat-Dec-10 Istanbul Turkey Live Performance Club
Sun-Dec-11 Athens Greece Barouge Club
Tue-Dec-13 Tel Aviv Israel The Barby Club

According to Kaz, the Katowice and Warsaw concerts are already on sale at http://www.paradam.pl/sprzedaz_online/

[jarkko]

I asked my contact at AEG and got immediately (in three minutes!) a confirmation of the above December dates. Ticket links to follow when available.

[Stamatina]

[Inna]

Thank you Jarkko very much.

[karen]

This picture is of my daughter, Laura, with Adam Cohen at Leonard’s May 16, 2009 concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

As Adam’s tour is now underway and his new CD has been released, I thought it would be a good time to post this picture and to wish Adam well as he embarks on his tour.

It was a pleasure for Andrew, Laura and me to speak with Adam after Leonard’s concert at Radio City. We found Adam to be very warm and gracious.

I first met Adam when he performed at a Club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on July 7, 1998. Adam performed before a packed house. The crowd was young (mid 20’s) and there were no seats so the crowd was standing and dancing to the music. A table was arranged for us relatively “older” “Cohenites” to sit. Our table included Adam’s Aunt Esther (Leonard’s sister) who was there to support Adam. Adam’s compelling and heartfelt performance was very well received by us “Cohenites” and by the standing room only crowd.

I bought Adam’s debut CD in 1998 and we all really liked the album. As Laura is familiar with Adam’s debut CD, Laura was very happy to meet Adam and to have her picture taken with him. We also loved Adam's stellar performances of “Bird on the Wire” and “Take this Waltz” (in Spanish with Anjani) in the gorgeous Barcelona DVD/CD of the concert “Acords amb Leonard Cohen.”

Andrew, Laura and I look forward to listening to Adam’s new CD, “Like a Man” and we wish him the best of luck and success on his current tour and the release of his new CD.

Karen

[carlowmike]

RTE Radio 1 ( 88 - 90 FM ).
Canadian singer songwriter Adam Cohen (son of Leonard) joins John Murray in studio this morning
( Tuesday 1st November ) ahead of his two gigs in Ireland. Adam will be playing in Cyprus Avenue Cork, Nov 2nd & Nov 4th in Crawdaddy in Harcourt Street, Dublin. http://www.ticketmaster.ie - http://www.adamcohen.com
Adam sang two songs live in studio,
during the interview Adam told John Murray that he had left a bag in the back of a taxi in Dublin this morning, he appealed for it to be returned.
I hope it was.

[marylamb]

Can anyone give me an idea of what type of event crawdaddy is,Dublin Ireland 4th Nov. I have been told it is a night club, I would love to see Adam in concert, but don,t want to turn up in an nightclub with a whole load of youngsters I have spoken to someone else with the same concerns, can anybody through some light on this please.

[coolfadda]

Heading to Adam's concert in Cork tonight... really looking forward to it. will report back... Catherine

[Mikeaus]

The Irish Times this morning

http://irishtimes.newspaperdirect.com/e ... 2oAQ%3d%3d

[carlowmike]

Thanks Catherine, looking forward to your report ,
I wonder if Adam's bag was returned
in the meantime today's Irish Times has the following interview ( with photograph )
by TONY CLAYTON-LEA.
The Irish Times - Thursday, November 3, 2011
Cohen steps out of his father's shadow and into the spotlight
'The songs on my new record reflect my recovery from oblivion".

Success hasn’t come easy to Adam Cohen, who is just not enough of his father for some – but age, at least, has brought a certain level of acceptance
HIS FIRST name is Adam. His surname is Cohen. He’s a singer-songwriter.
He’s the son of a better-known singer-songwriter, whose surname is also Cohen, and whose first name is Leonard.
For some people, that’s all they need to know – they’re not too fussed about the music, they just want to warm themselves in front of the genetic radiator that is Adam.
Sometimes, for reasons Adam can actually understand, these people shout out the titles of his father’s songs in the hope that he will sing them.
It’s true – you really can’t keep all of the people happy all of the time.

“I don’t want to speak disparagingly about the wonderful, faithful, loving and terribly encouraging fans that I was lucky enough to have on my side,” says Adam, without a hint of sarcasm.
“But here has been an incredible amount of disappointment written on people’s faces – and swift judgment levied on me – for not resembling my father enough for their tastes.
Now, I don’t begrudge them that position, yet they were often unforgiving.
The geometric axiom by which it was judged was very much Leonard Cohen-based. And that’s okay – I am who I am.”

He is, indeed, yet does he ever get fed up talking about dear old Leonard? “It can be challenging sometimes,” is the diplomatic reply.
On a scale of one to 10, then, how difficult is it being the son of your father? “Well, unless certain documents prove that I was actually adopted, I choose to look at it as an amazing blessing.

“I can safely say I’ve inherited from a wonderful genetic pool terribly privileged circumstances.
And, of course, encouragement and instruction from someone’s filial devotion who happens to be a master.”

Yet it’s been something of an uphill struggle. Initially signed to Columbia in 1997, Adam veered from much-vaunted star on that label to being dropped.
He subsequently signed to Capitol Canada, but record releases have proven sporadic.
His music career, says he, has been “incredibly tumultuous, challenging, surprising and unpredictable, yet with little parcels of delicious encouragement.”
Dig a little deeper and Adam will also admit that “for the most part it’s been a beast very much out of my control.
It’s been tumultuous because I’ve experienced many ups and downs. It has been unpredictable because where success came I could never have imagined.
I was always envious of people who had careers, somewhere, anywhere.
And lo and behold, southeast Asia and Canada were pretty much the only places where I received streams of royalty and income and demand for me as a live act.”

Cohen seems somewhat more in control at this point; a new album, Like a Man , arrives six years after his previous solo (French language) album, Mèlancholista .
He had, he says (although sighs is perhaps the better word), essentially quit the music business.

“I had become quite disillusioned, and the songs on this new record reflect my recovery from oblivion.
My relationship with music right now is one of restoration, reclaiming a position, voice and a need to be part of something I left years ago.”

Cohen plays a few dates in Ireland this week as part of a two-month European tour. There is a distinct sense from him of making up for lost or wasted time.
“A wonderful set of circumstances arose that led me to be able to do this,” he reveals.
“The first was the wonderful and unexpected resurgence of my father in the public eye, and his staggering, triumphant comeback.
That was inspiring to me.
The second was my leap into fatherhood, and third was the sobriety and courage that comes with wisdom and age.”

The words “sobriety” and “courage” tell perhaps more than we need to know, but such honesty is to be admired.
A further pointer can be found on Cohen’s website, adamcohen.com, where he writes that, like many a son before him, he is now in the family business.
One gets the impression that, whereas before there was conflict, now there is acceptance. How very zen that is.

“Yes, especially when the father enters into an age where he has to consider a successor. The new album is, in a way, my demonstration of my ability to tend to the family store.”

[merton]

I wonder if Adam's bag was returned

Hi carlowmike,

The taxi driver heard the programme and returned with the equipment. A very relieved Adam interrupted the next guest on air to thank the driver and to offer to buy him a few pints at the gig.

All the best,
Merton

PS. Carlowmike, it's time to find a new topic heading

[annmarie]

Can anyone give me an idea of what type of event crawdaddy is,Dublin Ireland 4th Nov. I have been told it is a night club, I would love to see Adam in concert, but don,t want to turn up in an nightclub with a whole load of youngsters I have spoken to someone else with the same concerns, can anybody through some light on this please.

My daughter, Marianne, tells me it's a nice cozy venue.
Anne

[annmarie]

Any Irish fans see Adam on The View on Tues night?
He sang What Other Guy, and quite honestly we were disappointed. I like some of his songs, but really thought that was pathetic. I guess it could be that for us there's only ONE Cohen!
Let's hope his live performances do better. I had thought about going to the Dublin gig, but now I'm glad I decided against it.
Sorry for the negativity, but true Cohen fans will understand (I hope!!)
Anne

[burningviolin]

Was at Adam's gig in Cork the other night. He's a chip off the old block alright but indeed he isn't the old block luckily enough for him. I really enjoyed myself, it was a lovely evening with nice songs, banter, beautiful arrangments with cello and vocals and other instruments and his band members are excellent musicians, very subtle. The sound was really good too, and judging from the several silver heads I noted in the audience it wasn't exactly a 'young crowd.' All in all it was a really pleasant evening and at a tenner on the door, it wasn't exactly expensive and I would certainly try to catch him again if he comes back this way