LEONARD COHEN CELEBRATES 82nd BIRTHDAY WITH NEW SINGLE RELEASE
Sep 21, 2016
By Bob Komsic
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As iconic Canadian singer, songwriter, poet Leonard Cohen celebrates his 82nd birthday,
he’s released his first single ”You Want It Darker,” from his upcoming album, making its Canadian premiere Wednesday on Zoomer Radio’s ‘Happy Gang’.
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When he was looking for the sound of the synagogue of his youth, Cohen turned to that same synagogue: Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, and its Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and the all-male choir.
They can be heard on two of the tracks, ”You Want It Darker,” and ”It Seemed the Better Way.”
Shaar Hashomayim was where the 13-year-old Leonard had his Bar Mitzvah.
The album, produced by Leonard’s son Adam, comes out October 21.
Leonard Cohen can be heard Saturdays and Sundays at 4:30 as part of ‘The Immortals’ on Zoomer Radio AM 740, also 96.7 FM downtown.