7/6/2023 0 Comments Joni mitchell leonard cohenImpressed with his song “Suzanne,” Judy Collins was first to record it and many others followed. In the 1960s he came to the US and focused on becoming a singer-songwriter. Moving on to McGill University in Montreal, he won the college’s literary competition and began to have other poetic works published, establishing his solid credentials as a writer. In high school he immersed himself in music, poetry, and theatre, forming a folk group known as the Buckskin Boys. Raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, his mother was a Lithuanian immigrant and his father, who passed away when Leonard was only 9 years old, was in the garment business. Poet, songwriter, and performer Leonard Cohen was born in Westmount, Quebec in 1934. July 1 is Canada Day so I thought this might be a good time to recognize our neighbors to the North and spotlight two of my favorite Canadian born performers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |