Cohen tribute takes a twisting, turning jazzy road

Review
Rags and Feathers: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Mallory Chipman
Bent River Records
It was a year ago this week that Canada’s revered sage of seduction, Leonard Cohen, left us for the tower of song. Edmonton singer Mallory Chipman isn’t the first and won’t be the last to pay homage, but her inventive, just released jazzy treatments of Cohen songs will provoke more surprise than most.
Of the seven Cohen covers here, only the two that bookend the album stay close to the famil