Comox Valley music lovers are in for a treat on May 18 and 19: Cumberland and Denman Island are the final two stops of the 鈥淚n The Garden of Love鈥� spring tour with the jazz cabaret duo, L鈥橭iseau Noir.

鈥淲e are celebrating a season of love, with songs that are rich with images of nature鈥檚 beauty and musical poetry, that evoke feelings of affection and pleasure,鈥� says multi-generational Vancouver Islander, Joanna Finch, songwriter and vocalist. 鈥淢y body and soul are filled to the brim with the joys and sorrows of living on Vancouver Island as a fifth-generation pioneer.

鈥淭he songs come to me from distant places and I hear them in the wind and soil. Some are very airy鈥� and funny鈥� and magnificent. Some are downright dirty! Music is the language of love, and when two people who love music come together, all sorts of magic can happen.鈥�

Performing in Cumberland at the Abbey Studio on May 18, at 7:30 p.m. and on Denman Island at the community hall on May 19 at 3 p.m., L鈥橭iseau Noir Jazz-Cabaret has chosen songs with an international flavour. An array of original compositions by Finch and popular songs by Joni Mitchell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Edith Piaf, Leonard Cohen, Consuelo Velazquez, Cole Porter and more. Interspersed with Finch鈥檚 marvellously eclectic musical poetry, this concert spans eras and styles that appeal to all music lovers.

With their shared passion for diverse music, L鈥橭iseau Noir concerts are an exciting combination of roots, jazz, and improvisational creations. Drawing from a vast assortment of Finch鈥檚 eclectic originals, plus jazz and pop standards from the 1920s to the present, each show is tailored to fit the venue, the season and the demographic. Accompanied by the exceptional musicality of multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer 鈥淣OIR,鈥� Miles Black, (www.milesblackmusic.com) Finch rounds out the sounds with ukulele, flute, percussion and her remarkable 鈥渧ocal cornet.鈥� Welcome everyone, to experience the voices and melodic poetry of two artists who love to play.