All Songs Written by Leonard Cohen
“Place a nice, crisp $100 bill into a small child’s hand, put him in a well-stocked candy store and leave him alone. I’ve never had such a fantastic experience, but if I had it to remember, I’d bet that hundred dollars plus all the candy it bought, that listening to “In the House of Mystery” is a similar experience. Here, Bergeron has managed to capture all the enigma filled nuances of Leonard Cohen without compromising the artist’s integrity. But to merely say he did Mr. Cohen justice would be a sad, shameless understatement. It’s much more than that.
Bergeron has taken the melancholy Cohen is famous for to an entirely new level. For those of us who get the most listening pleasure out of the deep, sad and edgy stuff that Cohen helped introduce to the pop world, this is an album for you. Bergeron hails from America’s favorite musical land, southern Louisiana, and he successfully brings that tasty flavor to this recording with the use of fiddle by the great Hank Singer. Don’t add any salt or pepper to this one. The spices are already just right.” – Craig Grossman