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"Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear" - The Independent

?There is a crack in everything, that?s how the light gets in? Cohen?s most memorable and visionary line from his song ANTHEM. If ever there was a sentence in modern poetry to reflect on and give hope and understanding to us all, it is this line. This Concert begins with ANTHEM.

Songwriter Leonard Cohen was an unflinching character, with an exact sense of prose, wry humour, and the courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty and indulgence with the stroke of each word. His music befriended an entire generation. Within every line of his writing, Leonard Cohen has been challenging us to listen more carefully, speak more thoughtfully, think more deeply and recognize our own vulnerability. Our World misses him very much.

With a lifetime reputation of performing in this exact way and an undying love of the ?pure song? Keith James gives you a concert of Cohen?s amazing material in the most intimate and sensitive way imaginable, exposing the solitary inner strength of his greatest songs in their original perfect form. Keith has performed almost 500 concerts of Leonard Cohen songs to more than 200,000 people. This has proved to be ?life changing? and one of the greatest honours in Keith's 50 year career in music.

Included in the concert are Cohen songs including Famous Blue Raincoat, Sisters of Mercy, Suzanne, Bird on a Wire, and Hallelujah, alongside rarer and profound writing such as If it Be Your Aill, Joan of Arc, and Secret Life. Also included are Keith?s dramatic performances based on the work of Federico Garcia Lorca ? Cohen?s greatest influence.

"Not to be missed" - Mark Radcliffe
"Brave enough to play the music he truly believes in" - Bob Harris
"Keith James has become a pillar of trust. A sublimely intimate and engaging voice" - Sunday Times

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Masham Town Hall is an imposing, Grade II listed stone building built in 1912 and opened in May 1913. Set up by a legacy from the 2nd Lord Masham, the Town Hall is at the heart of the busy, beautiful ansd historic market town of Masham in the Yorkshire Dales.

Providing recreational, cultural and educational events and meeting spaces for the residents of Mashamshire and our visitors, the Town Hall celebrated its centenary year in 2013 and is now running its busiest ever programme of events and activities.

The building contains an imposing Main Hall with a large raised stage on the first Floor, with a Small Hall, Committee / History Room, and kitchen facilities on the Ground Floor.

We host a busy programme of performances, films, meetings and classes, craft fairs and coffee mornings, and private hires from conferences to band practice. From nursery sessions through the Youth Club to Indoor Bowls, the Town Hall hosts events of interest to everybody in the Masham community.

The Town Hall is the perfect venue for your wedding reception, affordable and charming. Children's parties are bookable at a special rate for local families.

The entire building is accessible (upstairs via a lift) with induction loop facilities in the Main Hall and Small Hall.

The Town Hall would not still be here without decades of support from the Masham Steam Rally, which has gone from strength to strength since the 50th Rally in 2015 and is now acclaimed as the finest in the North.

Little Market Place,

Masham,

North Yorkshire,

England,

HG4 4DY.

01765 689702