Leonard Cohen Festival in St John's, Newfoundland
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:49 am
From Vicky Hynes:
A Feast of Cohen will be mounting it's number eight festival of Leonard Cohen's
songs running eight nights at the LSPU Hall in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland,
Canada.
A Feast of Cohen Live CD will be launched in early December, marking the fortieth
anniversary of Leonard Cohen's first LP release in December 1967.
Well known and not so well known tunes penned by Canadian poet-guru Leonard Cohen
are performed by a chorus of writers, actors, filmmakers, musicians, to jammed
packed audiences.
Vicky Hynes, creator and Producer of A Feast of Cohen has currently in development;
a documentary about A Feast of Cohen and its growing popularity with CBC (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation) and Rink Rat Productions (Mary Sexton, Producer).
A Feast of Cohen VIII will run from December 27 - 30 and January 3 - 6, 2008. Vicky
Hynes, Bryan Hennessey, Colleen Power, Jill Porter, Joel Hynes, Blair Harvey, Phil
Churchill/Gerri Hollett, Amelia Curran, Sean Panting,Tim Baker and Liz Solo with The
Beautiful Losers Band: Sandy Morris, Kelly Russell, George Morgan, Dave and Geoff
Panting.
For tickets, Contact the LSPU Hall, Resource Centre for the Arts at 753-4531.