The new single, ‘ Survivor‘, features the slinkiest of soulful grooves from the rhythm section, some blistering work from the horn section, with the guitars and keys packing their own perfectly weighted punch throughout. The song is the first track to be released from the band’s forthcoming third studio album, ‘ The Future.’ The release of the new album will cap off a run of career milestones for Rateliff and the band, including a debut on ‘ Saturday Night Live‘, as well as an appearance on ‘ CMT Crossroads‘ with country singer/songwriter Margo Price, while Rateliff’s ‘ Tiny Desk (Home) Concert‘ has also recently premiered at NPR Music. “I hope that this musical language that we developed together, the context that we put these things in, makes the songs connect with people in a new way.Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats unveil a fabulous video for their knockout single, ‘ Survivor‘. “It was an immensely gratifying experience to recontextualize these poems, and shine a different light on them,” Klein continues. The resulting collection is ultimately reminiscent of the concept that guided Klein’s production of Herbie Hancock’s 2007 album River: The Joni Letters, which won the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year (and on which one of the featured singers was, in fact, Leonard Cohen). The set covers some of his best-known classics and less familiar deep cuts, all given new life through thoughtful and unexpected arrangements and performances. The album’s 12 tracks offer a range of Cohen’s compositions, with songs drawn from his beloved 1967 debut Songs of Leonard Cohen all the way up to selections from his final album, You Want It Darker, released just days before his death in 2016. So Klein decided to assemble an album’s worth of Cohen songs, matching vocalists from different genres with an exceptional core band of jazz-based musicians-or, as he puts it, “a group of the most prescient and forward-looking musicians in the jazz world.” One reason, of course, is that the songs are so good, but the other reason was that it helped keep him in the air around me.” After he passed away, I found myself frequently covering his songs with other artists that I was working with. “He was possibly the wisest and funniest friend that I had, and someone that I enjoyed, immensely, in every way.
“Leonard Cohen had been a friend since 1982 or so, and in the last 15 years of his life, he became a close friend,” says Klein.
It was truly a pleasure to work with such great musicians on this arrangement and to have Larry Klein at the helm was just a treat.”
‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ was one of my early Cohen favs. “When I was asked to be a part of this project, I sent a huge list of songs that I wanted to do, honestly it was hard to pick. So many songs of his are my favorite songs of all time. “Leonard Cohen has been a massive influence on me since I was very young,” says Rateliff. 14 and can be pre-ordered now on D2C exclusive color vinyl, black vinyl, CD, or digital download. It’s the second single to be revealed from Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, a remarkable album produced by Larry Klein that features an extraordinary line-up of vocalists interpreting Cohen’s profound songs including Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter, Sarah McLachlan, Luciana Souza, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, and David Gray. 14 FEATURING AN EXTRAORDINARY LINE-UP OF VOCALISTSĪLBUM FEATURES AN EXCEPTIONAL CORE BAND INCLUDING BILL FRISELL, IMMANUEL WILKINS, KEVIN HAYS, SCOTT COLLEY & NATE SMITHġ9 AUGUST 2022 (TORONTO, ON) – Blue Note Records/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company, have released a stunning new rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “ Famous Blue Raincoat” by singer Nathaniel Rateliff accompanied by saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, guitarist Bill Frisell, pedal steel guitarist Greg Liesz, pianist Kevin Hays, organist Larry Goldings, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Nate Smith. HERE IT IS: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY LARRY KLEIN OUT OCT.
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