It would seem that covering a Leonard Cohen song is a rite of passage for most musicians. The list of people who have recorded versions of his work is staggering in its length and diversity. It seems to be a common opinion, and one that is shared by me, and by Mr. Cohen, himself, that ...
The new DVD, “Bird on a Wire” is a digitally recreated version from a recently unearthed reel of the 1974 music documentary of the same name about the singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen (1). The new DVD version of this film is distributed by MVD Visual and follows Cohen and his band mates out on ...
For many decades Canadian-born Leonard Cohen has done his thing. And at age 72 he is still doing it, as independently as ever. Though never reaching the height of commercial success in the U.S., Cohen has been pleasing audiences worldwide with his stunningly creative lyrics and melodies. He is truly a one-of-a-kind singer and songwriter. ...
Recently there have been a few articles about the powerful lyrics of Rufus Wainwright’s song “Hallelujah”. In itself this is no big blunder, deep and thoughtful ideas have been shared about a now popular song. This should be imaginably easy to do about a song with such intimately personal lyrics. Perhaps this is the reason ...
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