Virginia Cohen

 

About

From a family of visual artists in Chicago,

Virginia Cohen began writing songs in earnest while living in Paris.

As many do, Cohen fell in love with Paris.

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And also with the wonder of writing songs & singing them.

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Rothko, Rilke, Rumi, Oliver, Carson and Käthe Kollwitz all inform her music.

Cohen’s writing arises equally from a deep love of history, humanity, and the Natural world.

Her music aspires to offer some necessary Beauty to this ruptured world.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY:

Cohen’s sound has an immediate allure,

it draws you in.

Atmospheric, comforting, intelligent + relevant.

Her voice seems to levitate, hauntingly tethered to this realm by a mesmeric lyricism.

Contemporary + unflinching + vulnerable .

Cohen alchemically transmutes human emotion into resonant, insistent song

To possess an original voice is a gift for any artist

Virginia Cohen has this gift.