Hallelujah”

15-11-10 LISTENING Yate HallelujahLeonard 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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISaF59lSOE

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