Hallelujah by Lenard Cohen

Actually, if you are into literature Iowa City is one of the capitols of our country in that respect.

I don't know if she has recorded this song yet, but I heard Brandi (I think the spelling is right) sing this when she opened for Jamie Collum on March 12th here in St. Paul, Minnesota. I had not heard her before, and I understand she is from the Seattle area. It was so hauntingly good I ran out and bought a copy of Jeff Buckley's GRACE the following week.

Since this thread started I picked up the "Basquiat" soundtrack, and several other John Cale cd's. Like them all. I also have KD Lang "Hymns of the 49th Parallel" - which has many excellent covers. The Cale and Lang versions are great, but I prefer Buckley's version by a mile - it's loaded with emotion.

I heard Brandi Carlile sing Hallelujah, in St. Paul too. She was closer to the Jeff Buckley version than either the Cale or Wainwright versions. I loved it! Her website only shows one self titled album and one "Unplugged." Neither list Hallelujah. I guess we'll have to wait and listen!

YOU MUST LISTEN TO JEFF BUCKLEY'S VERSION!!!