My agnostic views & images I like (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
I just clipped this from The Straight’s web site: And I am going to that gallery for an Artist’s Date, for sure. After watching the Santa C parade this Sat PM.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
This revival of the 1997 work by Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit company celebrates the poetic side of Leonard Cohen.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Barring a Christmas miracle, this year's yuletide No 1 will be a cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", sung by the winner of Simon Cowell's X Factor talent show. But in a potentially awkward development for Cowell, pictured, one version of the song is already making its own assault on the British hit parade.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Of all the incarnations of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" – and there have been many – the X Factor winner's version will raise the most eyebrows. One of the greatest songs of all time, it has a long and varied history dating back to 1984 – long before any of the talent show's remaining finalists were even born.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Which are the best and worst cover versions of all time? Jimi Hendrix doing ‘All Along the Watchtower’? Madonna’s version of ‘America Pie’? We've made our selection but let us know what you think by scrolling down to the comment section below.
Foostie Muse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Myles Kennedy, of Alter Bridge, sings a cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Sublime!
Spectator - The Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
It all started earlier this year, when my friend Chris managed to get four tickets for the first Leonard Cohen concerts at the O2. ‘There’s one for you if you want it,’ he said. Well, obviously I wanted it, but cash was a little short at the time — in fact, not so much short as entirely absent, avoiding me as though I’d said the wrong thing. And I do have an ongoing tinnitus problem, the result of...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leaving aside their rather dissimilar musical styles, Dylan might have written something like “Mourir pour des idées” (suggesting that those who urge us to die for ideas be the first to set an example) or “La ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part” (about the “happy imbeciles” who take patriotic pride in being from wherever they happen to be from). Leonard Cohen might have written something like...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday
You may recall a time this past summer when I was as giddy as a schoolgirl about having met Elvis Costello…not only because I’m a huge fan, but also because it gave me a chance to redeem myself for the fool I made of myself the first time I’d met him. The reason the summer [...]
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
TICKET sales for live music events in the Capital have soared, with venues, promoters and ticketing agencies all recording a boom in sales.
The Crossed Pond (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
I’m mildly obsessed with Rolling Stones lists. I know, I know, the whole list thing is ruining everything, but still. Anyway, they did the 100 greatest singers of all time recently, and I would just like to add: #1. Sam Cooke (4) #2. Dolly Parton (73) And numbers 3 and 4 and 5, Ralph Stanley and [...]
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... who will be away from her computer for a few days: Leonard Cohen's new medium . (Thanks to LL for sending it along at Judith's behest.)
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
DRM-free, MP3 downloads go live with top albums for £3 With an inexplicably silent debut, Amazon has made its MP3 download store live in the UK. Following months of speculation and rumour as to when the UK might see the launch of the DRM-free music store, the company's site is now quietly offering the service. ... Read Amazon's MP3 store gets mysteriously quiet UK launch on Pocket-lint now
i (heart) music (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
I'm kind of baffled as to why Songs From A Room chose the name they did. Songs from a Room is, after all, an album by iconic poet/musician Leonard Cohen. While I haven't actually heard it, I'm familiar enough with Cohen's music to wager that he's never put anything out that sounds in any way like Songs From A Room's self-titled EP , unless he went through a '70s heavy rock-inspired phase that no one...
It's Better Left Said (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Andrew links to a blogger named "Nige" who complains that Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" has "become all-purpose musical shorthand for any kind of vague spiritual yearning." He apparently thinks that a great song should only be appreciated by those who really "understand" it. What bunk! Hallelujah is a magnificent song. I posted about it over a year ago. I linked to a Rufus Wainwright version . John...
