CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced details for a special tribute performance in honour of legendary songwriter, musician, and poet Leonard Cohen as part of Sunday’s broadcast of The 2017 Juno Awards – multi-JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize winner Feist is set to take the stage to perform a moving arrangement of one of Cohen’s classic songs honouring the esteemed late musician.
Co-hosted by iconic rocker Bryan Adams and megastar comedian Russell Peters, the Junos air live in 4K from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on CTV and CTV GO on Sunday, April 2nd at 6:30pm.
This year’s lineup of presenters include: electronic duo Bob Moses; music pioneer and 2017 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recipient Buffy Sainte-Marie; singer-songwriter and JUNO Award nominee Chantal Kreviazuk; singer, songwriter, and producer Coleman Hell; singer-songwriter Delaney Jane; rapper Jazz Cartier; platinum-selling country artist Jess Moskaluke; Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy; comedian and Much Digital Studios Creator Jus Reign; Marianas Trench frontman Josh Ramsay; ETALK reporter Liz Trinnear; the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable Mélanie Joly; Nathan Dales and Michelle Mylett from CraveTV’s Letterkenny; rockers Sam Roberts Band; and Toronto rap artist Tasha the Amazon.
With a musical career that spanned nearly five decades, Cohen has been hailed by critics and fellow musicians alike as one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century. A poet in his early career, the native Montréaler released his first of 14 studio albums, Songs of Leonard Cohen, in 1967 at the age of 33. His signature gravelly baritone, married with the succinctness of his sage, bohemian language, quickly identified him as a master lyricist. Widely admired, his new and old masterpieces include timeless and enigmatic hits such as “Suzanne,” “Bird on a Wire,” “Everybody Knows,” “First We Take Manhattan,” “Closing Time,” and “Hallelujah.”
