Blue Note unveils new compilation paying tribute to Leonard Cohen
Featuring covers from Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Mavis Staples and more.
Blue Note is releasing a new compilation paying tribute to Leonard Cohen, called Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen, this November.
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The album includes covers of songs from across his career, including Hallelujah, Suzanne, You Want It Darker, and Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye.
It features contributions from James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Gregory Porter, Peter Gabriel, Nathaniel Rateliff, Sarah McLachlan and more.
Alongside Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen, the label is also releasing the second instalment in its Blue Note Re:imagined compilation series, this September.
Pre-order Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen from Blue Note in advance of its 11th November release; check out the artwork and tracklist below.
Tracklist:
2. Peter Gabriel — Here It Is
3. Gregory Porter — Suzanne
4. Sarah McLachlan — Hallelujah
5. Immanuel Wilkins — Avalanche
6. Luciana Souza — Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
7. James Taylor — Coming Back to You
8. Iggy Pop — You Want It Darker
9. Mavis Staples — If It Be Your Will
10. David Gray — Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
11. Nathaniel Rateliff — Famous Blue Raincoat
12. Bill Frisell — Bird on The Wire
