A pair of Greater Victoria talents add two more for a local performance of Tower of Song: a creative tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Singer-songwriters Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone collaborated to produce a project that is a dialogue through song and a tribute to the legendary songwriter. Re-imagining both rare and classic works of Cohen, the duo has crafted a sound that resonates with both longtime Cohen fans and a younger audience.
Tower of Song began as a one-off tribute night for a packed house at Vancouver’s The Media Club, and has since grown into a nationally touring folk duo.
Produced by Garramone, she invited fellow Victoria musician (Juno nominated) Swain, and the show gave Swain and Garramone the chance to grow their musical chemistry. Together as Tower of Song the two have arranged some of Cohen’s timeless songs beautifully, for two voices, string bass, piano, guitar and banjo.
They have since toured several times across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, playing more than 200 shows to thousands of people at theatres, festivals and folk clubs across Canada. Returning to the beautiful Alix Goolden Performance Hall for their annual hometown show, Swain and Garramone are joined by special guests Daniel Lapp and Adrian Dolan, two world-renowned multi-instrumentalists who will bring their skills on fiddle, violin, viola, trumpet, mandolin, accordion, and piano to the stage.
The special performance of Tower and Song is Nov. 2 in the Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 900 Johnson St.
Learn more about the show at towerofsongmusic.com.
Get tickets online at showpass.com/tower-of-songa-creative-tribute-to-leonard-cohen.
