The Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert.

The Handsome Family performing at the Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert in Dublin in 2006. The Handsome Family is an alternative country and Americana duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song "Far from Any Road" from the album Singing Bones, which was used as the main title theme for the first season of HBO's 2014 crime drama True Detective. The Handsome Family participated in a series of Leonard Cohen tribute concerts, called "Came So Far for Beauty", produced and arranged by Hal Willner, performing along with Nick Cave, The McGarrigles, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Laurie Anderson, Linda Thompson, Antony Hegarty, and Cohen's original backing singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen. The concerts were performed in New York, Brighton, Dublin and Sydney. The Sydney concert was filmed and became Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, a film tribute to the legendary songwriter. A CD soundtrack featuring select covers from the tribute concerts was released by Verve Records in 2006;

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: AZO_061005_095.jpg
Copyright: ©Antonio Zazueta Olmos info@antonioolmos.com www.antonioolmos.com (+44) 07717296351 1 Ashridge Gardens London, N13 4JY United Kingdom
Image Size: 4368x2912 / 10.9MB; www.antonioolmos.com; performance concert cohen stage tribute
Contained in galleries: The Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert

The Handsome Family performing at the Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert in Dublin in 2006. The Handsome Family is an alternative country and Americana duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song "Far from Any Road" from the album Singing Bones, which was used as the main title theme for the first season of HBO's 2014 crime drama True Detective. The Handsome Family participated in a series of Leonard Cohen tribute concerts, called "Came So Far for Beauty", produced and arranged by Hal Willner, performing along with Nick Cave, The McGarrigles, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Laurie Anderson, Linda Thompson, Antony Hegarty, and Cohen's original backing singers Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen. The concerts were performed in New York, Brighton, Dublin and Sydney. The Sydney concert was filmed and became Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, a film tribute to the legendary songwriter. A CD soundtrack featuring select covers from the tribute concerts was released by Verve Records in 2006;