Between Grammy nods and reward from Leonard Cohen himself, there’s little doubt why Perla Batalla instructions such esteem within the business. Her most up-to-date seminal single, Woke up, from the LP A Letter to Leonard Cohen, which was launched on what would have been Cohen’s ninetieth birthday, proves she wants no coattails to journey upon. Cloaked in a elegant sense of grace, each word carries a cinematic magnetism that pulls you into her soul-baring homage to the revered Canadian poet.
Batalla earned her prestigious business stripes by touring and recording with Cohen for over a decade. Impressed by her upbringing in an immigrant family—an Afro-Mexican mariachi father and an Argentine mom who ran a document retailer—she developed a genre-blurring palette. In Woke up, her commanding voice glides alongside stirring melodies, reflecting the resilience that fuelled her return to the studio after a catastrophic hard-drive disappearance in Barcelona.
This launch follows her first tribute, Chicken on the Wire, which Cohen personally supported by attending periods and contributing concepts. Devoted to the late producer Hal Willner—identified for orchestrating unorthodox musical collaborations—A Letter to Leonard Cohen additionally options Batalla’s two authentic compositions and contains particular appearances comparable to Broadway luminary Patrick Web page on Democracy, produced by the multi-Grammy Award-winning Mike Elizondo.
From sharing phases with Nick Cave and Rufus Wainwright to internet hosting sold-out reveals worldwide, Batalla stays an important interpreter of Cohen’s legacy, and Woke up resonates as pure melodic poetry from one of many final true chanteuses.
A Letter to Leonard Cohen is offered to stream and buy on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Uncover extra about Perla Batalla through the artist’s official web site.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast
