Concert Appearances
The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Each song stripped back - desolate, naked and sensual
The most enigmatic, mysterious and sub textural songwriter the English speaking world has ever known. Revered and covered by the entire music community; Leonard Cohen’s exact sense of prose, his wry humour and his courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty with the brush of each line.
His recent spectacular world tour of stadium venues has been successful beyond belief but has not, with regret, exposed the solitary inner strength of the songs in their original form.
With my undying love of the ‘pure song’ it gives me great pleasure to bring this amazing material to Arts Centres and Theatres across the UK and to perform these songs in an intimate and sensitive way.
Also included are Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca and Leonard Cohen that I have set to music.
‘certainly the UK’s most celebrated and evocative interpreter of golden music’ The Guardian
‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent
‘Keith James has become a pillar of trust. A sublimely intimate and engaging voice’ Sunday Times
‘a sensitive and pleasingly understated delivery, all the better that the songs might speak for themselves’ Acoustic Magazine
The Great Canadian Song Book
The music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen
Personal interpretations of Songs by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.
An evening of music with such depth, that it resonates within the very fabric of the soul.
“I was introduced to the music of these writers around 35 – 40 years ago. There sense of prophecy and insight has stayed with me and belongs both to me and all of us who swell up with questions of desire and frustration as to the jagged formations of modern life and the possibility of human enrichment, against all odds. This music is not meant for a generation past; it stands by itself; to transcend all superficiality as does a Baby’s first smile, a neighbour’s home made bread or the comforting sound of wind hurrying through the tree tops”.
The evening begins with a bio-documentary on the life and music of Joni Mitchell
An entirely solo 12 track CD Album of this exact music is available from
September 25th. It is entitled ‘Mix Tape’
All concert appearances are listed below
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Upcoming Dates
[L] Lorca
[ND] The Songs of Nick Drake
[PNY] Poet in New York
Wednesday 8th February 2012
The Man Of Kent, Rochester, Kent - 8:30PM
The friendliest and most authentic Real Ale and Real people pub in Kent. A chance for me to hug a few more...
Friday 10th February 2012
Quarterhouse, Folkstone, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01303 858500
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
The Sage, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - 8:00PM
Box Office - 0191 443 4661
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
http://www.thesagegateshead.org
Thursday 23rd February 2012
Bar 1:22, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01484 480252
The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Friday 24th February 2012
The Ferry Boat, Washingborough, Lincoln - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01522 790 220
Keith James & Louise Spencer Time In A Bottle A concert to celebrate some of the best songs that have ever been written...
Saturday 25th February 2012
Ropery Hall, Barton Upon Humber, North Lincolnshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01652 660380
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Thursday 1st March 2012
Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01242 227979
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
http://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
Friday 2nd March 2012
The Folkhouse, Bristol - 8:30PM
Box Office - 0117 926 2987
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK Interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.
http://www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk
Saturday 3rd March 2012
The Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff, South Wales - 8:00PM
Box Office - 029 2087 7959
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
http://www.norwegianchurchcardiff.com
Thursday 8th March 2012
The Blue Ball Inn, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01223 840679
The Blue Ball is a cosy little inn in the Cambridge countryside - Keith and Louise will performing some of their new songs as part of the TIME IN A BOTTLE Tour beginning this Spring...
Friday 9th March 2012
The Fox and Hounds, Toys Hill, Westerham, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01732 750328
TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
http://www.foxhoundstoyshill.co.uk
Sunday 11th March 2012
The White Horse, Chilham, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01227 730355
An informal version of the concert TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
http://www.thewhitehorsechilham.co.uk
Friday 16th March 2012
The Rondo Theatre, Bath - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01225 463362 / 444003
KEITH JAMES & LOUISE SPENCER Drops of Jupiter - A collection of some of the best songs that have ever been written...
Saturday 17th March 2012
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Shropshire - 7:30PM
Box Office - 01743 281281
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
http://www.theatresevern.co.uk
Thursday 22nd March 2012 [ND]
The Windjammer Inn, Dartmouth, Devon - 8:30PM
Box Office - 01803 832228
THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE
http://www.thewindjammer.co.uk
Friday 23rd March 2012
Blue Walnut Cafe, Torquay - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01803 394113
TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
http://www.bluewalnuttorquay.co.uk
Saturday 24th March 2012
Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset - 8:00PM
Box Office - 0844 4068666
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
http://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Friday 30th March 2012
Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01227 281174
THE BEST OF KEITH JAMES An evening of the best music from my many UK tours over the past 10 years. The enduring music of Nick Drake, Federico Garcia Lorca, Poet in new York, John Martyn, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell; plus recently transcribed Lorca and L Cohen Poems together with a collection of my own songs.
http://www.horsebridge-centre.org.uk
Thursday 5th April 2012
Unicorn Theatre Abingdon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 07973 214289
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
Wednesday 18th April 2012
The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 8:00PM
Box Office - 023 9282 6249
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen.
Thursday 19th April 2012
The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01732 450175
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
http://www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk
Friday 20th April 2012
Square and Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01929 439229
A very informal gig in one of the country most traditional countrys pubs. Come and join us for TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully... And maybe a few drinks afterwards...
http://www.squareandcompasspub.co.uk
Saturday 21st April 2012
The High Barn, Great Bardfield, Essex - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01371 811291
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN Please come along and support us at this Concert: It is to be recorded for the next live album and we need as many backing singers as we can!
Friday 4th May 2012
The Tap and Spile, Lincoln - 8:30PM
Box Office - 01522 534015
TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
http://www.tapandspilelincoln.co.uk
Saturday 5th May 2012
Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax, West Yorkshire - 7:30PM
Box Office - 01422 349422
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Sunday 6th May 2012
Hebden Bridge Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01422 845265
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
Thursday 10th May 2012
The Globe at Hay, Hay on Wye, Hereford - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01497 821762
TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
Friday 11th May 2012
The Chattery, Swansea - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01792 473276
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK An intimate concert. Music of such integrity that it flows from the innermost wellspring of human spirit. “It was around 40 years ago that I became drawn to these 3 wonderful songwriters, unaware at the time that each of them are Canadian. I am still in awe of their profound contribution and of all the dots that they have joined up in the lives of millions of us across the world. Their music forms the backdrop to all of the joy, hope and anxiety that we have lived through in recent times. Now somehow locked in time, these are songs that expose such personal and global fragility that they continue to embrace us as if they were our mother’s arms”. “The concert also includes some rare and never transcribed poetry by Leonard Cohen that I have, with great pain and respect, set to music” ‘Musicians brave enough to make the music they really believe in. Keith James is one of these’ Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 ‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent
Friday 11th May 2012
The Chattery, Swansea - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01792 473276
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK An intimate concert. Music of such integrity that it flows from the innermost wellspring of human spirit. “It was around 40 years ago that I became drawn to these 3 wonderful songwriters, unaware at the time that each of them are Canadian. I am still in awe of their profound contribution and of all the dots that they have joined up in the lives of millions of us across the world. Their music forms the backdrop to all of the joy, hope and anxiety that we have lived through in recent times. Now somehow locked in time, these are songs that expose such personal and global fragility that they continue to embrace us as if they were our mother’s arms”. “The concert also includes some rare and never transcribed poetry by Leonard Cohen that I have, with great pain and respect, set to music” ‘Musicians brave enough to make the music they really believe in. Keith James is one of these’ Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 ‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent
Saturday 12th May 2012
Trellech Church, Trellech, Monmouthshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01600 860376
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK An intimate concert. Music of such integrity that it flows from the innermost wellspring of human spirit. “It was around 40 years ago that I became drawn to these 3 wonderful songwriters, unaware at the time that each of them are Canadian. I am still in awe of their profound contribution and of all the dots that they have joined up in the lives of millions of us across the world. Their music forms the backdrop to all of the joy, hope and anxiety that we have lived through in recent times. Now somehow locked in time, these are songs that expose such personal and global fragility that they continue to embrace us as if they were our mother’s arms”. “The concert also includes some rare and never transcribed poetry by Leonard Cohen that I have, with great pain and respect, set to music” ‘Musicians brave enough to make the music they really believe in. Keith James is one of these’ Bob Harris BBC Radio 2 ‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent
Friday 18th May 2012
Solihull Arts Complex, Homer Road, Solihull, W Midlands - 8:00PM
Box Office - 0121 704 6962
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Saturday 2nd June 2012
Astor Theatre , Deal, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01304 370220 / 381134
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Friday 15th June 2012
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Shropshire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01584 878141
Keith James & Louise Spencer. TIME IN A BOTTLE - A celebration of some of the most well written songs over the last 5 decades played acoustically, simply and beautifully...
http://www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk
Monday 18th June 2012
Chequer Mead Theatre and Arts, East Grinstead, West Sussex - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01342 302000
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Friday 22nd June 2012
Trinity Arts Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01892 678670
THE GREAT CANADIAN SONGBOOK My interpretations of the wonderful music of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A BIO-DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL.
Saturday 23rd June 2012
New Cut Arts Theatre, Halesworth, Suffolk - 8:00PM
Box Office - 0845 6732123
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
Tuesday 26th June 2012
The Roses Theatre, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire - 8:00PM
Box Office - 01684 295074
THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
