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Perla Batalla
Saturday, July 24, 7:30 PM PDT
$15 – $35
Once a Leonard Cohen back-up singer, singer-songwriter Batalla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. The Grammy-nominated Batalla has recorded seven albums, written for both film and television, and toured worldwide. In this concert, expect “a mixed program of originals, Leo[nard] Cohen, Mexican ballads, maybe some Pete Seeger.”
Batalla’s gorgeous, rich, contralto voice adds another layer of beauty to Cohen’s elegantly crafted songs.”- San Jose Mercury News
Beautifully conceived and executed, Bird on the Wire is a rewarding listening experience I find myself returning to frequently…for those uninitiated to the glories of the songs of Leonard Cohen this is a wonderful introduction. For the rest of us it is simply heavenly.”- Sing Out Magazine
…Batalla has a glorious, supple voice, with the vocal power to sing the bluesy, Bonnie Raitt-styled “Holy Roses” and the finesse needed to bring new shadings to Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire…”- Variety
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