![]() ![]() His collaborators are friends and profound talents in their own rights, including long-time Madonna co-writer and co-producer Patrick Leonard, who first collaborated with Cohen on the 2012 “Old Ideas” album and returns here as a co-writer, co-producer and multi-instrument performer. ![]() Only what serves the bare bones of Cohen’s poignant poetry makes the cut. There is a lightness and roominess to these folk-blues ballads here that also suggest a strategized approach to travelling light. Couldn’t we travel light, as he does, and let go of all the questions that don’t matter? Is he laughing at us, or with us? What’s it matter, if we are at the end, anyway? Cohen might whisper with a knowing grin. “I’m travelling light, it’s au revoir,” he croons on Travelling Light, and there is the spectre of a laugh tinging the edge of his deep, dark gothic voice. ![]() He leads the sound from the roots of his voice and gestures, allowing violins and cello to weave their tendrils upward around the verses and refrains with gentle reverence. Though his mobility was limited, his son Adam recalled that in bouts of inspiration and enthusiasm, Cohen would stand to repeat his parts until he was entirely satisfied he’d captured the essential spirit. Knowing this, it is easier to identify the shadowy solitude in his vocal delivery.Īfter extensive touring, Cohen was diagnosed with multiple fractures of the spine in 2013. Cohen recorded his vocals in the living room of his Los Angeles home, then emailed them to his collaborators. ![]()
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