Emerging Pictures and Legacy Recordings have joined forces to present the US theatrical premiere of Leonard Cohen's Songs From The Road, a concert film comprised of a dozen exceptional performances, each taken from a different city along Cohen's highly-acclaimed 2008/2009 concert tour.
Following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia artist in 2007 and coinciding with his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March 2008, Cohen thrilled his fans by announcing his first tour dates in 15 years. He's gone on to play the most prestigious and beautiful venues in virtually every corner of the globe, mesmerizing and charming audiences with performances that were hailed as some of the best of his career. “When legend Cohen takes to the stage," raved Ireland's The Independent (June 2008), “it's no less than a cultural event of Biblical dimensions."
One dozen of Leonard Cohen's most famous songs from those recent world tour performances—at auditorium halls, festivals, arenas, and stadiums from Tel Aviv to London, from across Europe to the California desert and his native Canada—are now collected on Songs From The Road. The film is issued on September 14, 2010 in two distinct formats: A DVD+CD set and a standalone Blu-ray. Both are released through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. A gatefold, 180 gram vinyl LP of the 12 audio tracks is also available.
Songs From The Road is not only a tribute to Cohen's consummate artistry as a concert performer, it is also a tribute to his enduring worldwide popularity at this time in his career. It is ultimately Cohen's ageless songs that draw faithful audiences—new fans and old—to his advance sold-out concerts. (The 2008 tour dates sold over 700,000 tickets alone, across 84 shows worldwide.) Songs From The Road represents every decade of his life as a recording artist, from the 1960s ("Suzanne" from his 1967 debut, Songs Of Leonard Cohen; “Bird on the Wire" and his interpretation of “The Partisan" both from his second album, 1969's Songs From a Room)—to the '00s ("That Don't Make it Junk" from 2001's Ten New Songs).
Along the way, Songs From The Road revisits Cohen's 'greatest hits' from the 1970s ("Famous Blue Raincoat" and “Avalanche" both from 1971's Songs Of Love and Hate; “Chelsea Hotel" from 1974's New Skin For the Old Ceremony, and “Lover, Lover, Lover" from the 1979 Field Commander Cohen recordings)—the 1980s ("Hallelujah" and “Heart With No Companion" from 1984's Various Positions)—and the 1990s ("Waiting for the Miracle" and “Closing Time" from 1992's The Future.)
ABOUT EMERGING PICTURES: Emerging Pictures is the largest all-digital theatrical exhibition network in the US for the cost effective release of Specialty Film & Alternate Content. Emerging has assembled a network of prestigious arts institutions, media arts centers and independent art house theaters, tied together through digital technology—enabling them to cost effectively exhibit art films, documentaries, foreign language films, independent cinema and cultural programming. Emerging's exclusive mix of world class programming draws a sophisticated and progressive audience that responds well to information on how their consumer choices affect the world. When our audience members find brands they believe in, they become advocates of those brands. This same audience prides itself on being in touch with the latest, most cutting edge technologies and seeks entertainment across all media platforms, knowing that this type of content is not available through mainstream media.
US Theaters showing Leonard Cohen's Songs From The Road:
Following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia artist in 2007 and coinciding with his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March 2008, Cohen thrilled his fans by announcing his first tour dates in 15 years. He's gone on to play the most prestigious and beautiful venues in virtually every corner of the globe, mesmerizing and charming audiences with performances that were hailed as some of the best of his career. “When legend Cohen takes to the stage," raved Ireland's The Independent (June 2008), “it's no less than a cultural event of Biblical dimensions."
One dozen of Leonard Cohen's most famous songs from those recent world tour performances—at auditorium halls, festivals, arenas, and stadiums from Tel Aviv to London, from across Europe to the California desert and his native Canada—are now collected on Songs From The Road. The film is issued on September 14, 2010 in two distinct formats: A DVD+CD set and a standalone Blu-ray. Both are released through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. A gatefold, 180 gram vinyl LP of the 12 audio tracks is also available.
Songs From The Road is not only a tribute to Cohen's consummate artistry as a concert performer, it is also a tribute to his enduring worldwide popularity at this time in his career. It is ultimately Cohen's ageless songs that draw faithful audiences—new fans and old—to his advance sold-out concerts. (The 2008 tour dates sold over 700,000 tickets alone, across 84 shows worldwide.) Songs From The Road represents every decade of his life as a recording artist, from the 1960s ("Suzanne" from his 1967 debut, Songs Of Leonard Cohen; “Bird on the Wire" and his interpretation of “The Partisan" both from his second album, 1969's Songs From a Room)—to the '00s ("That Don't Make it Junk" from 2001's Ten New Songs).
Along the way, Songs From The Road revisits Cohen's 'greatest hits' from the 1970s ("Famous Blue Raincoat" and “Avalanche" both from 1971's Songs Of Love and Hate; “Chelsea Hotel" from 1974's New Skin For the Old Ceremony, and “Lover, Lover, Lover" from the 1979 Field Commander Cohen recordings)—the 1980s ("Hallelujah" and “Heart With No Companion" from 1984's Various Positions)—and the 1990s ("Waiting for the Miracle" and “Closing Time" from 1992's The Future.)
ABOUT EMERGING PICTURES: Emerging Pictures is the largest all-digital theatrical exhibition network in the US for the cost effective release of Specialty Film & Alternate Content. Emerging has assembled a network of prestigious arts institutions, media arts centers and independent art house theaters, tied together through digital technology—enabling them to cost effectively exhibit art films, documentaries, foreign language films, independent cinema and cultural programming. Emerging's exclusive mix of world class programming draws a sophisticated and progressive audience that responds well to information on how their consumer choices affect the world. When our audience members find brands they believe in, they become advocates of those brands. This same audience prides itself on being in touch with the latest, most cutting edge technologies and seeks entertainment across all media platforms, knowing that this type of content is not available through mainstream media.
US Theaters showing Leonard Cohen's Songs From The Road:
- 9/9/2010: Camera 3 Cinemas: San Jose, CA; Cedar Lee: Cleveland, OH; Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery: Brunswick, ME; Laemmle—Claremont 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Monica 4: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Playhouse 7: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Sunset 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Town Center 5: Los Angeles, CA; Varsity Theatre: Davis, CA
- 9/10/2010: Jane Pickens: Newport, RI; Mos' Art: Lake Park, FL; Capitol Theatre: Arlington, MA; Prince Music Theater: Philadelphia, PA; Varsity Theatre: Davis, CA
- 9/11/2010: Laemmle—Claremont 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Monica 4: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Playhouse 7: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Sunset 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Town Center 5: Los Angeles, CA; Apollo Theatre: Oberlin, OH; Athens Theatre: Deland, FL; Detroit Inst. Of Arts: Detroit, MI; Mos' Art: Lake Park, FL; Tropic: Key West, FL; Varsity Theatre: Davis, CA
- 9/12/2010: Cinema Paradiso: Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Gateway Film Center: Columbus, OH; Laemmle—Claremont 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Monica 4: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Playhouse 7: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Sunset 5: Los Angeles, CA; Laemmle—Town Center 5: Los Angeles, CA; Bryn Mawr Film Institute: Bryn Mawr, PA; City Winery: New York, NY; Parish Art Museum: Hampton, LI; Patriot Cinemas—Nickelodeon: Portland, ME; Theatre N: Wilmington, DE
- 9/13/2010: Prince Music Theater: Philadelphia, PA
- 9/14/2010: Cape Ann Cinema: Gloucester, MA
- 9/16/2010: 92YTribeca Theater: New York, NY
- 9/25/2010: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Memphis, TN
