Henk Hofstede - Yesterday's Tomorrow (United Media Company, 2005)

L'inventaire des albums de reprises se poursuit, et nous avons là une vraie pépite. Les fans des Nits devraient bondir de joie, et je les comprends! Henk Hofstede est un fan de Leonard Cohen, et pour accompagner une biographie de ce dernier, il glisse avec le livre un album entier de reprises. On a donc très peu de chance de croiser la chose chez le disquaire du coin - une majorité des fans des Nits en ignoreront probablement jusqu'à l'existence. Comment vous le décrire? Vous voyez le niveau des meilleurs albums des Nits? Vous voyez le niveau d'excellence des compositions de Leonard Cohen? Alors faites l'addition et vous aurez une - petite - idée du niveau où on se situe. Si vous ne devez retenir qu'un seul disque sur ce blog cette semaine, c'est celui-ci. Indispensable!

Henk Hofstede
Yesterday's Tomorrow
CD United Media Company ISBN 90-8669-001-7 (Netherlands, 2005)

01. Who by Fire
02. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
03. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
04. Here It Is
05. Famous Blue Raincoat
06. Take This Waltz
07. Avalanche
08. The Guests
09. Dance Me to the End of Love
10. The Nightowl

Note : Henk Hofstede - vocals, guitar, piano; Marjolein van der Klauw - vocals; Pim Kops - various instruments, vocals; Arwen Linnemann - upright bass.
Henk Hofstede (born 1951, Amsterdam) is a Dutch musician, who founded The Nits in 1974. The Nits are a Dutch art rock group. Their musical style has varied considerably over the years, as has their line-up with the core of Henk Hofstede (the group's lead singer and lyricist), Rob Kloet, drummer, Robert Jan Stips (Supersister, Gruppo Sportivo, Golden Earring), keyboards.
Hofstede has en enduring fascination for Leonard Cohen, which made him co-write "Yesterday's Tomorrow" in 2005. With the book comes a CD on which Hofstede performs his favorite Cohen songs.
This CD is a part of the Yesterday’s Tomorrow project by Marc Hendrickx and is a supplement to the second edition of the book "Yesterday's Tomorrow".

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