Henk Hofstede

[jarkko]

All who were on Hydra certainly remember Henk Hofstede, the leader of
the well-known Ducth band THE NITS. He has now made a whole CD of Leonard's songs.
The album comes with a new edition of the book Yesterday's Tomorrow by Marc Hendrickx.

More on http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/henkCD.html

This CD is a part of the Yesterday’s Tomorrow project by Marc Hendrickx
and is a supplement to the second edition of the book "Yesterday's Tomorrow".

Published by United Media Company, Holland 2005. ISBN 90-8669-001-7

"Ordering info will appear on my website from March 1 onwards.
If you want a copy right now, use the link above to go to the website.
Then follow the ‘availability’ description that is noted now for the Belgian
edition, with Yasmine's CD, and place the order but note "YT 2 Dutch edition"
(prices are identical). You will get the new editions with Henk's CD! - Marc

[jarkko]

Go to the following address: http://www.vpro.nl/programma/debespreke ... /25675732/
then click on “Video” in the right hand column (next choose your player and connection speed).
You will see a program about Henk Hofstede. At 40 minutes he presents the new edition
of Marc Hendrickx’s Cohen book and his (Henk’s) Cohen tribute album. At 45 minutes he sings
“Who by fire” live!

Thanks to Wijbe for the link!

[lizzytysh]

Wouldn't you just know it... I can get the Brokeback Mountain interview, but all I get on him is a larger photo, with no way to connect to Video, choose speed, or anything else.

AH! Got it!!!

Now, that's the kind of cover I love most. He and his group take the song seriously and sing it true to its original intent, and don't contort their treatment of it, so as to turn it into a caricature of itself. Excellent !!!
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

I believe Leonard would have thoroughly having the cellist play in his group. The woman who strictly sings, as well, but somehow even moreso, the waiflike cellist... even if he'd had her dress differently .

~ Lizzy

[Aqua]

A quicktime of this tv-performance of Who by fire can be found on the website of the Avalanche Quartet:
http://www.avalanchequartet.nl/AQeng/index.html

[Dem]

Thank you Aqua!

So rare to listen to a Cohen song
with my favourite instrument of all:

the cello!

Dem

PS) And the beautiful cellist is Arwen Linneman
of the Nits, isn't she?

[david birkett]

Any idea how to buy the book/cd? Also, if it's not a daft question given the title, is the book in English?

Cheers - David

[jarkko]

The Avalanche Quartet will release many Cohen songs on a CD in Switzerland in the near future. --- The book is only in Ducth. Read more at http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/henkCD.html

About the forthcoming CD (quoted from http://www.faze.ch/ )

THE AVALANCHE QUARTET: Im Januar 2007 erscheint ein wunderschönes Tribut an Leonard Cohen, den kanadischen Grossmeister der Poesie. Beteiligt an diesen Songs sind:
Henk Hofstede (Nits) Pim Kops (De Dijk) Arwen Linnemann (ex-Nits) und Marjolein van der Klauw (Powderblue). Dazu als Special Guest aus der Schweiz: Oli Hartung (Stop the Shoppers, Simon Ho, Shirley Grimes, Hank Shizzoe)

[faconer]

The Avalanche CD will be available via http://www.faze.ch in January.
It contains four more songs than the CD that was part of Marc
Hendrickx' book, one of them recorded live!
Do not know yet what the CD will be called.
One thing is sure though: the Avalanche Quartet will play six
concerts in Switzerland in January/February 07.
Guest as on the CD: Oli Hartung, the tallest guitarist by far.