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For Leonard Cohen’s 90th Birthday, He Gets the Salute He Deserves: A Tribute Album From Cherished Singing Partner Perla Batalla

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It’s not nearly often enough that we get to say, “And in the world of Leonard Cohen news…” But many devotees of the late, great singer-songwriter-poet have the “I’m Your Man” man on their minds this weekend, for two reasons: It’s the occasion of his 90th birthday.

And Perla Batalla, a familiar face and voice to fans with having sung with Cohen live and on record though one of his most celebrated periods, in the 1980s and ’90s, is releasing “A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend,” in digital formats. (Vinyl and CD editions will follow on Nov.

22.) There could be no sweeter-sounding bird on the wire that leads back to Cohen’s 50-year legacy in music than Batalla, who along with Julie Christensen formed the duo that accompanied Cohen during his incredibly fruitful “I’m Your Man” and “The Future” periods.

Of course, “backing vocalist” hardly begins to get at how important female vocals were to his work for the better part of his career.

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