After the Leiber-Stoller-style songwriter tandems, after the Graham Gouldmans, Leon Russells and so many other song purveyors, it was high time the excellent and relevant Songwriter Series took care of our Leonard. These build builds are always amazing, and the Cohen gun offered endless hit targets. If kd lang comes out on top with his interpretation of Hallelujahit is the titles less immediately celebrated that interest us the most: You Know Who I Amdivinely gospel by Mama Cass; So Long, Marianne1968 pop style by star actor and host Noel Harrison (son of Rex); Priests by a rather limp-wrist Richie Havens (you’d think he was scratching on his knees!); Closing Time in anthem by the mythical folk group Fairport Convention. More recent covers dot the whole, Father John Misty as much as Anna Calvi lending themselves ideally to the languor of the ” longing » so lovingly present in the work. Indispensable anthology, that goes without saying.
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