Oct 3 – Songs Of Leonard Cohen – Cam Giles and Band Album Launch

The New album, Cam Giles -Darker – Songs of Leonard Cohen recorded in celebration of Leonard Cohen’s 86^th birthday, will be released worldwide 21st September 2020 on Ambition Records via Sony Music and launched live 3rd October 2020 at Memo Music Hall.
This new album contains 16 classic Cohen songs including some of his most celebrated compositions such as Halleluja, Suzanne and some that veer a little off that well-trodden path.
 

“After one of my INXS JAZZ shows, I was approached by a promoter to see if I would be interested in doing a Leonard Cohen tribute show. At that time I was not familiar with Cohen’s songbook other than some of his more commercial successes such as “Hallelujah” and “Suzanne“.
I felt sufficiently intrigued to check out more of his work.

Listening to his albums, I found many songs that I instantaneously fell in love with. It was all there, the darkness, the loneliness, the loss, the love and the humour. There is so much to draw from Leonard’s music, books, poetry and his drawings. It takes a lot of sacrifice to live a life devoted to art. So much depth and courage.

Funny how it always seems to be that music finds you. 

Driven to record these songs, I worked like a man possessed, spending over six months in the studio non-stop. throwing out the rulebook and doing what each song needed for his interpretations. Some came out darker and some more pop driven – with translations and transitions along the way.”