Leonard Cohen Poems

Though its title is borrowed from Corinthians, referencing how an unfamiliar language speaks not to man but to God, Luciana Souza’s outstanding Speaking in Tongues also aligns with another Old Testament reference. For, in its synthesis of varied cultures and mixed influences, it seems the anti-Babel: demonstrating how multiple musical languages can come together in audacious harmony, creating an entirely unique yet universal dialect.

"Anjani has always been known as a great singer, a musician's singer," says , the musical/literary legend who co-wrote and produced Anjani's Blue Alert. "She's known for this impeccable sense of tone and the ability to stack vocals one on top of the other, but this voice that she was showing here was a completely different voice that had moved somehow from the throat to the heart."

This volume contains 95 poems and prose pieces by the great Canadian author and musician. The Project, The True Desire, The Commentary, Kerensky and The New Leader are prose pieces, whilst The New Step is called a Ballet Drama in One Act. Its four characters are Mary, Diane, Harry and The Collector.

Since releasing her Sunnyside debut, The Poems of Elizabeth Bishop and Other Songs in 2000, Brazilian vocalist and composer Luciana Souza has woven poetry into the fabric of her work. Subsequent recordings such as Neruda, Tide, and Speaking in Tongues have all employed this approach as the prime vehicle of creative expression for her as a singer and composer, and she shapes the poems as complementary means in generating human connection and meaning.