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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
of Indeterminate Origin]
Singer Songwriters
A songwriter who
is a singer is a gift. When a singer-songwriter meets a talented singer
who can sing his songs, it's magic.
ANJANI THOMAS
with LEONARD COHEN
Live
In Poland 2007 [no label 1CD]
Live at Studio
im. Agnieszki Osieckiej, Polskie Radio Program 3 (a.k.a. "Trójka"),
Warszawa, Poland, March 31, 2007.
Anjani Thomas' Blue
Alert came out early in 2006. Then nothing. Other "divas" got the push
instead. Corrine Bailey Ray comes to mind as the most recent. Thankfully
she did a short tour of Europe with companion and friend Leonard Cohen
who produced Blue Alert and wrote all the lyrics to the songs. One show
was properly recorded and broadcast on Polish radio. This is it.
Thomas has an angelic
voice diametrically opposite to Cohen's smoker's cackle. It's so smooth
you can't believe she can sing Cohen. But this is no Famous Blue Raincoat
a la Jennifer Warnes. Thomas has had a long working relationship with
Cohen since 1985 when she signed on as backing singer on his tour. She's
also on his albums from I'm Your Man, The Future and the most recent,
Dear Heather.
An attempt at a solo
career started in 2000 with two albums that did not chart. For her third,
Anjani rifled through Cohen's old notebooks, found lyrics and poems and
put them to music. This is late-night listening nirvana, combination of
Anjani's sexy, cool vocals with Cohen's always subversive lyrics.
Favourite songs here
include Wither Thou Goest, a duet with Anjani and Cohen not found on the
Blue Alert album, and Anjani's interpretation of Nightingale also recorded
by Cohen on Dear Heather. Perhaps it is best to let Leonard Cohen describe
what's found here:
"It's a great privilege
and a great honour for us to be here. We were here 22 years ago. There
were brave men in prison. There were people under house arrest. There
was the Heavy Hand over the society and over the culture. And here today,
22 years later, they're calling this the 'New Paris'. Warsaw is the new
Paris. Well, maybe Warsaw doesn't want to be the new Paris? In any case,
we don't live in Warsaw, we don't live in Paris although those geographies
may define our actual location. We live in other places that are more
intimate and more real and more authentic than whatever the official culture
defines us as. I was reading in Milosz's book today... just one beautiful
paragraph... He says:
"Man has been
given to understand
that
he lives only by the grace of those in power.
Let
him therefore busy himself sipping coffee, catching butterflies.
And
whoever cares for the republic will have his right hand cut off.
There
is so much death and that is why affection for pigtails,
bright-coloured
skirts in the wind, for paper boats no more durable
than
we are."(*)
(*) an excerpt from
Polish poet and 1980 Literary Nobel Prize Award laureate, Czeslaw Milosz's
"Alfabet Milosza" (1997).
"And then the poem
just drifts off. And it's in that drifting off that these songs that we
have tonight are written... The songs not of great love,... songs that
address the great bewildering challenges of today whether they're global
warming of the clash of civilizations or the resolution of all the horrendous
conflicts that beset us. These are songs that Anjani and I wrote [are]
about the little places, about the little loves, about the little corners."
Leonard Cohen understands
that only with love can true art be formed. State-sponsored, government-funded
artists can bring forth no art at all. Just the sound of heavy propaganda,
hammering away at all opposition.
So give yourself
a chance and catch Anjani Thomas live. Then buy her album.
Thanks to banalny
for sharing this show. It was broadcast via digital satellite radio*.
- Professor Red 
*Satellite radio
broadcasts @ [192kbps, 48kHz, stereo]
Click on the panels to download artwork
Click
on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality,
stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain,
this recording has never been officially released.
Note: Please be
patient when downloading the tracks. Kindly email us at mybigo@bigozine.com
if you encounter problems downloading the tracks.
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| Track
01 |
Marek
Niedzwiedzki introduction
(3.3MB) |
| Track
02 |
Leonard
Cohen introduction (7.6MB) |
| Track
03 |
Blue
Alert (Leonard Cohen/Anjani)
(11.0MB) |
| Track
04 |
The
Golden Gate (Leonard Cohen/Anjani) (6.4MB) |
| Track
05 |
Half
the Perfect World (Leonard Cohen/Anjani)
(8.9MB) |
| Track
06 |
Innermost
Door (Leonard Cohen/Anjani)
(8.2MB) |
| Track
07 |
No
One After You (Leonard Cohen/Anjani) (8.1MB) |
| Track
08 |
(band
credits) (1.9MB) |
| Track
09 |
Never
Got to Love You (Leonard Cohen/Anjani) (10.1MB) |
| Track
10 |
Thanks
for the Dance (Leonard Cohen/Anjani) (6.1MB) |
| Track
11 |
Whither
Thou Goest (Guy Singer) (6.5MB) |
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Encore:
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| Track
12 |
Nightingale
(Leonard Cohen/Anjani) (5.3MB) |
Complete performance.
TT: 61:05.00
Lineup:
Anjani Thomas - vocals,
piano
Lou Pomanti - keyboard
Rob Piltch - guitar
Scott Alexander - bass
Leonard Cohen - shared vocals on 9 & 11.
This show has many of the songs found on Anjani's 2006 Blue Alert album.
Click on the link to buy Anjani Thomas albums.
For more... email mybigo@bigozine.com
with the message, "Put me on your mailing list."
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2, 2007
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