Posthumous Leonard Cohen album set for November release
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Posthumous Leonard Cohen album set for November release
A mural of musician Leonard Cohen is seen on a building on November 7, 2017 in downtown Montreal. Leonard Cohen's songs strived for the universal and his voice was often solemn, yet the courtly songwriter had plentiful moments of joy and deadpan humor. One year after Cohen died at age 82, an array of artists testified to his far-reaching impact with a concert the evening on November 6, 2017 whose somber yet graceful tone befitted the celebrated singer and poet. Before more than 21,000 people at the Bell Centre arena in Cohen's native Montreal, the tribute built around short videos of his well-traveled life which included years of artistic retreat on the Greek island of Hydra and a late-age stint as a Buddhist monk in California. Marc BRAIBANT / AFP.



NEW YORK (AFP).- A posthumous album entitled "Thanks for the Dance" from Leonard Cohen is set for release this fall, Sony announced Friday.

To tease the November 22 record his label released "The Goal," a brief, quasi-spoken word track that features piano and acoustic guitar and is based on the Canadian icon's poem of the same name.

"I can't leave my house," Cohen recites in his signature smoky deep voice. "Or answer the phone / I'm going down again / But I'm not alone."

Cohen died in November 2016 at age 82, just weeks after he released his last album, "You Want It Darker," whose lyrics reflect heavily on death, spirituality and his place in the universe.

His son Adam masterminded the posthumous release, which features contributions from artists including Beck, Damien Rice and Feist.

"In composing and arranging the music for his words, we chose his most characteristic musical signatures, in this way keeping him with us," Adam Cohen said in a statement.

"What moves me most about the album is the startled response of those who have heard it. 'Leonard lives!' they say, one after the other."


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