Leonard Cohen’s 1984 song “Hallelujah” has been covered by many artists (beginning with John Cale), but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything as magnificent as this performance by Francesco Yates, a soul-pop singer from Toronto who has entered the music scene with an EP, but has yet to release his first album. I just heard it on the radio a few hours ago, and was astonished by it. In the interviews I googled, he comes across as witty and intelligent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3d8_wmzBAg
After this Youtube clip check out his fine rendition of Kendrick Lamar’s bitter “Swimming Pools (drank)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMt5v8lXy_g
and he’s just as good at the piano, reincarnating Marvin Gaye:
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