‘Bird on the Wire’: Leonard Cohen’s greatest opening line
Leonard Cohen had a sweet knack for allowing classics to unravel after the first kiss of ink and paper. He wrote countless ...
Angels of Mercy: Who were Leonard Cohen’s backing singers?
Leonard Cohen could evoke a spiritual response in an audience with his religious imagery and the heavenly backing singers in ...
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4 of the Best Covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne”
Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" is his most-covered track, and here are just four of the best covers of the 1967 song.
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Barb Jungr and her Trio featuring Simon Wallace: Hallelujah On Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen
In 2025, Jungr's album Hallelujah On Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen was released. Needless to say, Jungr did not write any of the tracks on this album, though some people may ...
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‘Hallelujah’: reconciling the holy and the horny
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” helps me understand my own complicated relationship with Catholicism and sexuality.
Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall – An endless blizzard of gushing
September would have been Leonard Cohen’s 90th birthday. So a biographical tome from a French university lecturer, who has ...
Street performer marks COVID-19 pandemic’s 5-year anniversary by singing ‘Rise Up’ to Chicago
Andrew David, a Chicago street performer, has once again emerged as a symbol of the city’s strength by singing “Hallelujah” ...
'Kanye West Is Not Picasso': 10 rules for diss tracks, from Cohen to Drake vs. Lamar
The diss track reached its peak of cultural prominence at the Super Bowl, when Kendrick Lamar performed Not Like Us, his hit ...
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Leonard Cohen notebook sold for $174,000 in memorabilia auction
From pages inked with poems to a locket containing a lock of hair, memorabilia belonging to the late Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was auctioned on Friday, raking in thousands ...