New Leonard Cohen Album Thanks for the Dance Introduced: Hearken to “The Purpose”

A posthumous Leonard Cohen album known as Thanks for the Dance is on the best way. It’s out November 22 through Sony Music Leisure. Hearken to “The Purpose,” reworked from Cohen’s poem of the identical title, beneath. Leonard’s son, Adam Cohen, produced and masterminded the challenge, enlisting an enormous forged of musicians together with Damien Rice and Leslie Feist (vocals), Arcade Hearth bassist Richard Reed Parry, the Nationwide’s Bryce Dessner on guitar, Dustin O’Halloran on piano, and Leonard’s bandmate Javier Mas enjoying the person’s personal guitar.

Different options embody Beck (on guitar and Jew’s harp), Daniel Lanois, Jennifer Warnes, the s t a r g a z e orchestra, and others. Adam Cohen says in a press launch, “In composing and arranging the music for his phrases, we selected his most attribute musical signatures, on this manner maintaining him with us. What strikes me most concerning the album is the startled response of those that have heard it. ‘Leonard lives!’ they are saying, one after the opposite.” Take a look at the tracklist beneath.

Leonard Cohen launched You Need It Darker in 2016. He obtained his first solo Grammy for the LP’s title observe. A guide of his poetry was launched in October final 12 months.

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Thanks For The Dance:

01 Occurs to the Coronary heart
02 Transferring On
03 The Night time of Santiago
04 Thanks for the Dance
05 It’s Torn
06 The Purpose
07 Puppets
08 The Hills
09 Hearken to the Hummingbird