Leonard Cohen died the day before the 2016 election, and many remembered these lines from his song, "Anthem." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ANTHEM") LEONARD COHEN: (Singing) Ring the bells that still can ring.

There could be no sweeter-sounding bird on the wire that leads back to Cohen’s 50-year legacy in music than Batalla, who along with Julie Christensen formed the duo that accompanied Cohen during his ...