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Various Artists' Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen feels less like a normal tribute set and more like a room of serious singers standing quietly around one songwriter's flame. Cohen's songs can expose anyone who treats them casually, and this lineup knows better. Released through Blue Note, Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen gathers a wide, thoughtful cast around Cohen's writing: Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter, Sarah McLachlan, Immanuel Wilkins, Luciana Souza, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, David Gray, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Bill Frisell are visible on the cover. That spread matters because Cohen's catalog lives between folk, jazz, gospel, literary pop, and late-night confession. The appeal is hearing distinct voices handle songs built from restraint, wit, desire, and spiritual weather. A lovely fit for a Cohen listener, a vocal-jazz buyer, or anyone drawn to songwriter interpretations with real gravity. Here It Is has reverence without stiffness.