Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kitty Empire

Leonard Cohen: Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour review – musically mischievous blues

Leonard Cohen, CDs
Leonard Cohen at California's Coachella festival in 2009. Photograph: AP

Last December’s Live in Dublin documented one magical night on Leonard Cohen’s last globe-trot, a world tour in perpetual stop-start motion. The appeal of this latest Cohen live offering hinges on a brace of more rarely performed tracks – Joan of Arc as a too-sweet duet with Hattie Webb; the lyrically dense Field Commander Cohen - sweetened by two new songs and two new covers. You can hear the louche blues of Never Gave Nobody Trouble online; its partner, Got a Little Secret, is another musically mischievous blues whose words make reference to the disparity between great age and great feeling.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.