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Friday, December 17 2010

The Best Live Albums of 2010

Successful live albums are challenging things, judged by their ability to adequately portray the power of a performance. 2010 proved that even a strong crop of carefully staged and recorded recent shows could still be overshadowed by legendary sets of the past.


Thursday, December 17 2009

The Best Live Albums of 2009

This has been a year teeming with one of the most robust outputs of live recordings in recent memory.


Reviews

Tuesday, January 31 2012

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

Septuagenarian folk legend Leonard Cohen revisits his Old Ideas on his first new studio album in seven years.


Tuesday, July 19 2011

Nadia: Strange Song, The Songs of Leonard Cohen

The power of her voice overwhelms the material, but that’s the point. She shows instead of tells her feelings.


Friday, September 24 2010

Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road

Leonard Cohen continues to remind us why he's held in such high esteem.


Friday, October 23 2009

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Thank god Leonard Cohen is back on top, because otherwise we may never have gotten to hear this incredible show.


Tuesday, March 31 2009

Leonard Cohen: Live in London

Forced back on the road, the great Leonard Cohen sounds reinvigorated on his first tour in 15 years.


Blogs

Friday, February 19 2010

Evolution of a Song - "Suzanne"

The next piece has a thousand covers, but I'm only going to include the ones I find relevant personally. I was taken back to this…


Friday, May 1 2009

The Best Covers of Leonard Cohen's 12 Best-Known Songs (stream)

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen's songs are better known than he is. Starting with Judy Collins in 1966 ("Suzanne"), they've been covered…


Monday, April 27 2009

Leonard Cohen's Back on Tour and He's Outstanding

Some of the songs are smoothed out with more "wedding band" type accompaniment, but Leonard Cohen's still got it.


Tuesday, March 31 2009

Leonard Cohen - "Everybody Knows" (Live in London) (video)

Legendary singer-songwriter Cohen struck out on his first tour in 15 years last year. The result is the compelling new live recording, Live in London,…


News

Monday, April 4 2011

Leonard Cohen wins Ninth Glenn Gould Prize

LOS ANGELES — Leonard Cohen — the eclectic artist-musician whose output spans rock, classical and new music — has won the Ninth Glenn Gould Prize.…


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