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Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep - Christine sings Cohen at British Vocal Jazz Festival at Le Monde: Live at Le Monde / Dirty Martini

Courtesy of Todd Gordon | Posted on June 22, 2013

When

Wed, August 21, 2013
20:30

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Musicians

Phil Robson
guitar
Dave Whitford
bass, acoustic

About

A rare opportunity to hear Christine Tobin perform songs primarily by Leonard Cohen - widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century.

One of the foremost UK Jazz singers for more than 20 years, award-winning Christine Tobin just gets better and better. With nine albums, numerous gigs and a number of high profile interviews to her name she is without question one of the leading lights of the European Jazz scene, a fact underscored by her BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist.

Acknowledged both here and on the international scene as one of the finest interpreters of his work, as the Guardian's John L. Walters wrote, "Christine is inspiring on her own material. But she is in a class of her own singing Leonard Cohen." Her 24-carat voice and captivating arrangements are spellbinding, ploughing the depths and expressing the poetry of his lyrics with unalloyed soulfulness. ...

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