To celebrate Leonard Cohen's 90th Birthday (had he made it that long) we went to see a supremely talented Kletzmer fusion band, Monsieur Camembert perform his songs.
It was just wonderful! It was like being in a sound bath of gorgeous music (amazing interpretations!) and extraordinary singing. And then there were the lyrics and Cohen's web of words that just spin you into another world.
If you don't know his work, he's one of a kind. Try this atlantic article for starters - The Anti Rockstar. Dark, sad, gorgeous, self indulgent, seeking, pessimistic, desiring contact and connection to the point of desperation. Just amazing!
I consider him a poet as much as a song writer and often love covers of his songs more than his orginals, but he's a wonder and I'm glad he was in the world, to give us his light to shine in the dark...
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