- 2024-05-26
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MUSIC
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Jacob Collier Drops New Live Video for Cover of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly
London-based singer-songwriter Jacob Collier has dropped a new live video for a cover of American folk duo Simon & Garfunkel's “Bridge Over Troubled Water” featuring American singer-songwriters John Legend and Tori Kelly.
The video was filmed at The Greek Theatre in Griffith Park, Los Angeles on May 20, 2024.
This marks the first time ever, Jacob Collier, John Legend and Tori Kelly performed the song on the stage together.
The song is featured on Jacob Collier's latest album “Djesse Vol. 4”, which was released back in February.
Jacob Collier said of the album, “My voice is only ever as full as the voices around me. Everyone is welcome, and part of the tapestry. And most of all, creating this album has reminded me that life is full of magic, if only we can remember to look for it in each other.”
Jacob Collier and Tori Kelly will perform again at The O2 in London on December 9, 2024.- The original version of the song was release by Simon & Garfunkel as the second single from their fifth studio album of the same name in 1970.
The album “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won Album of the Year and Best Engineered Recording, and the single “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Contemporary Song, and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the Grammy Awards in 1971. - source : Apple Music
