Leonard Cohen

One of music’s most influential artists, Leonard Cohen (born in Montreal, 1934) had already garnered distinction as a poet and novelist before emerging as a singer/songwriter in the late ‘60s.

With his introspective lyrics and folk stylings, he initially (and perhaps inevitably) drew comparisons to Bob Dylan. Yet through albums like The Songs of Leonard Cohen, New Skin For The Old Ceremony, and Songs of Love and Hate, Cohen established himself as a formidable talent in his own right.

While he enjoyed creative crests and troughs throughout the ‘70s and early ‘80s, Cohen saw his stature grow considerably upon the releases of I’m Your Man (1988) and The Future (1992), his two latter-day masterpieces.

Cohen’s works inspire recurrent, relevant discussion and analysis on websites like Speaking Leonard Cohen and The Leonard Cohen Files, both inviting insights of fans and scholars alike.

Upon his 2008 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cohen embarked on a lengthy world tour, including a performance at New York’s historic Beacon Theatre in early 2009 that marked his first U.S. concert in over fifteen years.

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• Leonard Cohen November 13, 2009 San Jose Concert – Glow Sticks, Polka Dot Blouses, Democracy, & More

  
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  The Early Word On Final 2009 Leonard Cohen ConcertPreliminary reports tell the familiar story: great performance, amazing night, incredible concert by the master musician, …And, glow sticks were waved, polka dot blouses were strewn on the stage during “Closing Time,” both new songs (”Darkness” and “Feels ...
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• Leonard Cohen "Feels So Good" In Las Vegas

  
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  Leonard Cohen Performs Both New Blues Songs at November 12, 2009 Las Vegas ConcertFor the first time, Leonard Cohen performed both “Feels So Good” (formerly known as “The Other Blues Song”) and “Darkness” in the same show.“Feels So Good” was just uploaded minutes ago and is available below.Leonard ...
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• First Video From Leonard Cohen Las Vegas Concert

  
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  Leonard Cohen, World Tour Musicians, & Fred Take Caesars PalaceAnd I thank you for those items that you sent meThe monkey and the plywood violinI practiced every night, now I’m readyFirst we take Manhattan, then we take BerlinFrom First We Take Manhattan by Leonard CohenFred, shown cradled in the Cohen cuddle in ...
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• Apolinary POlek – Tower Of Song Cover, New Album

  
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  Apolinary POlek ReturnsApolinary POlek is known by many  ongoing readers as a talented, generous, and energetic contributor to Heck Of A Guy. In March 2007, he alerted Heck Of A Guy viewers to the Warsaw Leonard Cohen Presents Anjani concert1 and later offered his recordings of the broadcast of that concert for ...
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• Beck Covers Skip Spence Album With Wilco and Feist

  
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  Filed under: News , New Music Beck s Record Club continues to astound music fans . After tackling The Velvet Underground & Nico and Songs of Leonard Cohen over the past several months, rocks favorite chameleon has announced his clubs third installment: Skip Spence s 1969 album Oar. If thats not ...
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• Beck’s Record Club draws Wilco, Feist and others for Skip Spence remake

  
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• Leonard Cohens Hallelujah Hits The Ice

  
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  "Ice Dance Me To The End Of Love" Meets Reality TV"Ice Dance Me To The End Of Love" was a part of the fantasy Leonard Cohen World Tour ON ICE – New Marketing Strategy For Florida Shows I concocted that also included the poster below, a reworking of lyrics to Leonard Cohen songs to fit [...]
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• Live in 2009

  
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  Somewhere along the way, 2009 became the Year of the Great Live Album. First, there was Leonard Cohen’s Live in London – a rich, vibrant, and often hilarious album that cherrypicks the best songs from one of the all-time great songwriters, matches them with cheerful stage banter and crisp full-band ...
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• Meeting Leonard Cohen And Falling In Love With Sharon Robinson

  
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  Leonard Cohen invited me to the soundcheck and backstage buffet before the October 29, 2009 Chicago Rosemont Theatre concert and to the Green Room get-together afterward.Let me tell you more about it.1Leonard Had It EasyAnyone who has read even a handful of the Heck Of A Guy posts I’ve written about Leonard Cohen ...
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• Leonard Cohen San Jose Concert Prep Guide

  
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  Written in anticipation of the Leonard Cohen November 13, 2009 San Jose concert by Gary Singh and published in Metroactive (described as San Jose’s alternative weekly paper), Tower of Song is an up to date compendium of core data about the singer-songwriter and shrewd yet heartfelt analysis of his work. ...
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• Gavin Rossdale Turns Vampirish Rocker With “Criminal Minds”

  
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• Carole King and James Taylor Set for 2010 Troubadour Tour

  
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  Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Nearly 40 years after Carole King s first public performance, which was with James Taylor at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, the duo will embark on a world tour together in 2010. The first show will be at Melbourne, Australias Rod Laver Arena on Mar. 27. From there, ...
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• The Cover - Katie Melua does Lennys "In My Secret Life"

  
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  I miss you so much. Theres no one in sight. And were still making love in my secret life. In My Secret Life is a beautiful and sadly neglected Leonard Cohen classic (co-written with Sharon Robinson ) - a wonderful encapsulation of the Existentialist and Buddhist self. Weve written about this great ...
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• Viva Leonard Cohen In Las Vegas

  
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  To share the sensations of the impending Leonard “Lounge Lizard” Cohen Las Vegas concert, bridgebud, has uploaded this clip of the marquee at Caesar’s Palace.The Heck Of A Guy AlternativeWhile Caesars Palace has done an adequate job promoting the Cohen performance, I prefer the version set forth inFirst We Take ...
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• LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT, 1970

  
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  Nearly 40 summers ago on August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2 a.m. from a nap in his trailer and brought onstage to perform with his band at the third annual Isle Of Wight music festival. The audience of 600,000 was in a fiery and frenzied mood, after turning the festival into a political ...
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• New And Improved Leonard Cohen Merchandise – The "I (United) Heart Leonard Cohen" T-shirt

  
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• Watch Beck, Binki Shapiro and Devendra Banhart Do Leonard Cohen’s “One of Us Cannot Be Wrong”

  
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  Lovely. Hear more Cohen covers from this crew HERE . (via GvsB )
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• Emma Shapplin crashes and burns in Haifa

  
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  Usually, when touring musical acts make their way to Israel, they rise to the occasion and put on a stellar show. Just look at Paul McCartney, Faith No More, Leonard Cohen – despite the lofty price tags, they delivered with consumately professional concerts that left audiences thrilled.But there’s another kind of ...
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• Review Of Leonard Cohen Kansas City Concert – "Relentless In How Good It Was"

  
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  While Timothy Finn’s  Review: Leonard Cohen at Back to Rockville, the music blog for the Kansas City Star, is a tad uneven in its coverage of The Leonard Cohen November 9, 2009 Kansas City Concert, this thoughtful and engaging post does have its moments and is well worth reading in its entirety. A few choice [...]
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• Leonard Cohen, Kansas City Hit It Off On 1st Date

  
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  That Other Blues Song, The Flood, The Kristofferson Impersonation, Sublime Gymnastics, And Much Much Morebridger15 stayed up past – well, certainly past my bedtime, scribbling a succinct LeonardCohenForum post to let us know how Leonard Cohen and Kansas City got along at the antepenultimate World Tour US concert:1 ...
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