Leonard Cohen (Montreal, 1934), poet, singer, songwriter and Canadian writer, returned to Switzerland in their second world tour. Last Wednesday, a concert warm, melancholic and poetic, in the multicultural city of Basel, a few steps from the French and German borders.
The event came about three thousand people from various parties. In a kind of spontaneous coincidence many arrive at the same time to the train station and walked to the tram stop that would take us to the auditorium Jabokshalle. In Switzerland, partly because it is a small, artistic and cultural activities tend to be decentralized. The artists are in town and is expected to come from other groups. All this is easy because we are such great distances and transportation service impeccable.
My side had a couple of young Swiss living in Basel and one from Vietnam living in Freiburg. A line later, a Swiss living in Zurich, Bern and German. All Leonard Cohen spoke with deep admiration and affection accumulated over the years. For some it was the first time in a concert of his, for another one of many. The Vietnamese, for example, had they followed him to several cities in the world. A multi-ethnic audience knew and sang his songs.
As in his concert two years ago in Montreal, Cohen showed the same passion and vitality, impressive at 76 years. He arrived and left the stage jumping like a child. The concert lasted nearly four hours, singing 28 tracks, with a touch different and special: Some songs were recited, those are mostly sang with his voice still hoarse, but gave way to his three backup singers and other musicians.
Sharon Robinson The U.S. is one of her backup singers, a luxurious voice and talent. Is producing and a renowned composer. Cohen has written to several issues, the most emblematic are Everybody Knows, Wait ing for the Miracle, S or mmertime , Boogie Street latter sang it herself. In Ten new album so ngs and Heather D ear are songs written by both. Robinson works with Cohen last three decades and it shows through in the relationship mutual friendship and admiration you have. In his album Everybody Knows (2008) Robinson included several of the themes he wrote with Cohen. 
Sisters Charley and Hattie Webb, the other two singers are English, and Cohen came to the group of more than two years before the start of her last tour. Now they are feeling safer and perform Cohen's songs and feeling stronger. The theme If It Be Your Will sang alone, after Cohen recites it as a prelude, accompanied by a guitar and a small harp. To the surprise of the audience made a few acrobatic. 
musicians Cohen's band remain the same, all good: bassist and musical director Roscoe B eck (USA), keyboardist Neil Larsen (USA), the Catalan guitarist Javi er But the guitarist also Bob Metzger (USA), Rafael Gayol Mexican percussionist and saxophonist Dino Soldo (USA).
Cohen has begun to introduce in his last concert a couple of new and beautiful themes, which were not lacking in Basel: Born in chains and Feels so good. One by one some of his popular songs were coming out over night. Inició con Dance Me to the End of Love , y siguieron, Sisters of Mercy , So Long, Marianne, Bird on the Wire , The Partisan , Suzanne , Chelsea Hotel , The Gypsy's Wife , Hallelujah , I'm Your Man , Take This Waltz , Tower of Song , Waiting for the Miracle , Anthem , In My Secret Life , Closing Time , y otras más. Leonard Cohen para ratos
theft of their savings by their agent, while a monk at the Buddhist monastery of Mount Baldy in California, was the reason that Leonard Cohen was back on stage after nearly 15 year absence. 'Thank you' to this incident, had to go look for their income, that Cohen gave his followers the chance to close again. With these two world tours, Cohen has revitalized its influence and presence worldwide.
In these months preparing a new album, expected to go on sale soon. Also, a few weeks ago, the British filmmaker Tony Palmer found the documentary Bird on a wire, and it rolled Leonard Cohen 38 years ago (1972), and that would go on sale this month. "The best thing about this recording is that the songs sound more emotional, more extraordinary, even, than those in their LPs" , Palmer says an international environment . He continues: "After doing the first version of the film, Leonard Cohen's show and thought it would be too controversial. I made the mistake of giving them all the material and they did a second version they liked much better. The did, but not like anyone they wanted me to redo the work, almost all the negatives were destroyed and the other lost. " 
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