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On February 28 (11AM Montreal time / 5PM Belgium time) I will have a chat with Liel Leibovitz on the occasion of my book "The demons of Leonard Cohen". I will be accompanied by the wonderful musician Sophia Ammann, who will perform a selection of Leonard Cohen songs! We are looking forward to meeting you all: join us on ZOOM, it wil be fun

by Brian M » Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:45 pm
It was a very good webcast!

Op 3-3-2021 om 20:19 schreef Melanie Bellefeuille:

Hello,

Thank you for your participation in the book launch for The Demons of Leonard Cohen, during the Salon du livre de l’Outaouais last Sunday. We hope that you enjoyed the conversation, the questions and the musical performance. A big thank you to Francis Mus (author), Liel Leibovitz (moderator), and Sophia Ammann (musician), for sharing this with all of us.


To get your copy of The Demons of Leonard Cohen, visit the University of Ottawa Press website, and use the discount code PUO-UOP2021 at checkout to get 20% off. This code will be valid until March 31, 2021. While on the website, feel free to explore our other books and collections. https://press.uottawa.ca/demons-of-leonard-cohen.html


Should you be interested in purchasing the music that was played during the launch, here is the information:



Sophia Ammann recorded an album with her renditions of Leonard Cohen, in trio she is accompanied by Jon Birdsong (trumpet, althorn and cornetto) and Joppe Tanghe (backings).

The album was recorded live in an ancient chapel in Bruges, as you can see in the video where they perform "Hey that's no way to say goodbye". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqe9NPq89vs



To order a copy of the album, send an e-mail to ammann.sophia@gmail.com.



For the ones who would like to know more about Sophia Ammann plays Leonard Cohen and upcoming concerts and releases, you can follow her on facebook.

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Once again, thank you for participating in this launch during the Salon du livre de l’Outaouais.



Have a great day and stay healthy.



Melanie Bellefeuille

Agente de communications responsable des événements en recherche
Communications Officer, Research Events

Vice-rectorat à la recherche | Office of the Vice-President, Research

Tel: 613-562-5800 x 7418 | melanie.bellefeuille@uOttawa.ca

www.uOttawa.ca

Book launch of the book The Demons of Leonard Cohen during the Salon du livre de l'Outaouais. This includes a conversation with the author as well as a musical performance by Sophia Ammann.

The Demons of Leonard Cohen
By Francis Mus

"With my jingle in your brain,
Allow the Bridge to arch again"

How are we to understand Leonard Cohen’s plea? Who speaks to whom in this oeuvre spanning six decades? In search of an answer to this question this study considers the different guises or “demons” that the Canadian singer-songwriter adopts.

The countless roles assumed by Cohen’s personas are not some innocent game, but strategies in response to the sometimes conflicting demands of a “life in art”: they serve as masks that represent the performer’s face and state of mind in a heightened yet detached way. In and around the artistic work they are embodied by different guises and demons: image (the poser), artistry (the writer and singer), alienation (the stranger and the confidant), religion (the worshipper, prophet, and priest), and power (the powerful and powerless). Ultimately, Cohen’s artistic practice can be read as an attempt at forging interpersonal contact.

The wide international circulation of Cohen’s work has resulted in a partial severing with the context of its creation. Much of it has filtered through the public image forged by the artist and his critics in concerts, interviews, and reflective texts. Less a biography than a reception study—supplemented with extensive archival research, unpublished documents, and interviews with colleagues and privileged witnesses—it sheds new light on the dynamic of a comprehensive body of work spanning a period of sixty years.

Published in English.

https://press.uottawa.ca/demons-of-le...​