Cohen leaves hospital after collapsing Sep 21, 2009
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who turns 75 next week, has been released from a hospital in Spain hours after collapsing on stage during a concert ... Born in Montreal, Cohen published books of poetry before embarking on a singing career with his smash debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1967, which included one of his best-known songs, Suzanne. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Delinquents 'misinterpret anger' Sep 20, 2009
Page last updated at 23:09 GMT, Saturday, 19 September 2009 00:09 UK. Delinquents 'misinterpret anger. (BBC News -- Health)
Israel's Other War Sep 12, 2009
Popular recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Pet Shop Boys and Madonna, the latter a personal friend of Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sarah, have played before large Israeli audiences. An article by Willy Stern in July 27 issue of The Weekly Standard, The Meds Best-Kept Secret, reveals a country with a plethora of gourmet restaurants, fashion shows, cell phones and opera. (Townhall.com)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
A collection of a few hundred offbeat illustrations by the likes of Leonard Cohen and David Mamet. My Napenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big Sur. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Sep 4, 2009
Tonight @ Rickshaw Stop: Conspiracy of Venus is an accomplished group of all-female a cappella choir singers that covers the songs of Leonard Cohen. Formed in 2007 by Joyce Todd McBride, the group is the sister troupe to the all-male, all-Cohen-covers Conspiracy of Beards. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rockin' the fiction Aug 24, 2009
" Alone onstage at the Brattle Theatre, Pernice is drawing hoots from the passages he reads from the book, and earning applause for his masterful renditions of the novel's tunes. But when he starts playing his own songs, the hall stills, and his voice and music start casting a spell. For his encore, Pernice fingerpicks a song, "Pisshole in the Snow" (from 2005's "Discover a Lovelier You"), that has a Leonard Cohen cadence to it. It tells of a person who thought he had love, who "touched your hip... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
State of Grace Aug 17, 2009
Leonard Cohen s return : The New Yorker ... Leonard Cohen s return ... Mr. Leonard Cohen, was intended to follow four Canadian poets on a reading tour. (New Yorker)
Hank Williams' granddaughter born into music Aug 6, 2009
And when I heard Hank Williams Sr.'s name mentioned from those people -- from Leonard Cohen to Bruce Springsteen -- that's what really brought me back around to learning more about my grandfather. My music is still based in that singer-songwriter tradition. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Berkeley Rep Announces Creative Team for Green Day's American Idiot Jul 29, 2009
Her off-Broadway credits include The Book of Longing at Lincoln Center Festival, based on the poems of Leonard Cohen with music by Philip Glass; Burn This at Signature Theatre Company, starring Ed Norton and Dallas Roberts; Debbie Does Dallas at Jane Street Theatre; Much Ado About Nothing at The Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival; and Nocturne at New York Theatre Workshop. She has also created scenery for regional theatres across America and for operas, such as The Elephant Man at the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Unlikely icon Sandler sings for his supper Jul 24, 2009
Leonard Cohen adds Oct. 25 concert at Cleveland's Allen Theatre; tickets reportedly on sale Aug. 3. Madonna to release new single "Celebration" on Aug. 3; it's also title cut of forthcoming retrospective. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Mightier than the guitar Jul 23, 2009
He enters a field populated by a fairly select band of musicians, most notably Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Leonard Cohen and Billy Bragg, who have written and published works of serious literary intent, aspiring beyond music criticism, memoir or autobiography. Books of this type involve months or years of all-consuming work. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Is this really the Mets lineup? Jul 19, 2009
WAITING FOR A MIRACLE by Leonard Cohen ... DOB - nice job with the Leonard Cohen - I introduced a young lady to a couple of his songs a few days ago. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Mandell loves her brain food, 'Star Trek' Jul 11, 2009
" What doozies they throw at you! In some ways it really makes me feel less hopeless, lonely and sorry for myself. I guess I "like" to cry at life affirming stories; stories that reflect the sad beauty of this world. Q Which fictional character is most like you? A There's a "Twilight Zone" episode I've always related to. It's about the future when everyone is made to choose a certain look when they reach about 16 years of age. Each look is beautiful and everyone is happy and pretty. The main... (Erie Times-News, PA)
The Lemonheads, 'Varshons' Jun 22, 2009
The other theme seems to be pretty ladies - Kate Moss and Liv Tyler show up to competently provide vocals on Arling & Cameron s synth-pop song Dirty Robot and a tender take on Leonard Cohen s Hey, That s No Way to Say Goodbye, respectively. Oddly, neither contributes to the lovely, Neil Young-in- Harvest -mode version of Christina Aguilera s Beautiful. (Boston Globe)
"Treeless Mountain'' shares sad story of two Seoul sisters Jun 19, 2009
So you briefly feel the hand of the director, that s all - much as when Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah came on at the end of Sugar and roiled that film s flow. Even so, Treeless Mountain casts a sad, pellucid spell. (Boston Globe)
On 'Prliminaires,' jazzy Iggy Pop shows a lust for death Jun 1, 2009
Here's wiser, wearier Iggy, burrowing into the stately and strangely provocative confessional "I Want to Go to the Beach" and a hard-bitten New Orleans stomp, "King of the Dogs," songs that recall Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits, respectively. Antonio Carlos Jobim's "How Insensitive" grows haunted in Pop's baritone clutches, as does a passage from the novel that the singer recites on "A Machine for Loving.". (Boston Globe)
Cohen still brings it, with nuance and grace Jun 1, 2009
A review of Leonard Cohen in concert could consist of nothing but perfect couplets from his esteemed body of songs, each a world unto itself, and still not get at the depths of what transpired onstage ... LEONARD COHEN At: Citi Wang Theatre, Friday. (Boston Globe)
Critic's picks - pop music May 17, 2009
Green Day, with new songs from ''21st Century Breakdown,'' plays the TD Banknorth Garden on July 20, and Leonard Cohen is at the Citi Wang Theatre May 29-30 ... LEONARD COHEN Still vital at 74, Cohen will play his first Boston shows since 1993 on a tour that spans his 40-plus-year career as the preeminent bard of doom and gloom. (Boston Globe)
Benevento likes to toy with jazz-rock sound May 15, 2009
Trained in jazz and engaged by rock and pop, the renegade pianist and keyboardist brings a mischievous sensibility to the bandstand with a genre-smashing book of melodically alluring original compositions and tunes by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Deerhoof, George Harrison, Led Zeppelin, and Beck. He also comes equipped with a treasure chest of cheap plastic playthings rejiggered into surprisingly flexible instruments. (Boston Globe)
Left, right can have an amicable divorce May 12, 2009
chester11 wrote on May 11, 2009 7:24 PM:" Oh by the way, the Left will take:The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, The Doors, Metallica, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, The Boss, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Nirvana, GnR, Nine Inch Nails, The Crue, Public Enemy, Santana, Bob Marley, Wu Tang Clan, Dropkick Murphys, Radiohead, Al Green, pretty much all of Motown, Jimmy Buffet, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, and well, we could go on for a few... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Ian M. Banks May 3, 2009
They re not all literary, but: Brian Aldiss, Jane Austen, Samuel Beckett (Watt and Murphy in particular), Saul Bellow, Alfred Bester (especially Tiger, Tiger), Enid Blyton, Jorge Luis Borges, John Brunner (especially Stand On Zanzibar), Noam Chomsky, Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers and The Favourite Game), Ivor Cutler (Life in a Scotch Sitting Room), Samuel Delaney, T. S. Eliot (especially The Waste Land), Gunter Grass (the early works, especially The Tin Drum), Robert Graves,... (Suite101.com)
From world premieres to theatre of snow Apr 29, 2009
Yesterday's groupings were short on high-profile Canadian musical artists such as Diana Krall, Celine Dion and Leonard Cohen, but Kerr promised there will be more popular music included in succeeding lineups. VANOC has faced criticism over what was perceived as minimal Francophone content in its recent, one-year countdown concert, but few could quibble about the representation of French-speaking artists this time. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
An energized Paul McCartney opens Coachella fest Apr 19, 2009
The first day of the festival also featured Morrissey, Leonard Cohen, the Hold Steady, Franz Ferdinand and the Ting Tings. It drew a number of young Hollywood stars to this desert city southeast of Palm Springs. (KHOU.com, TX)
Leonard Cohen's perfect offering Apr 17, 2009
Leonard Cohen's perfect offering ... Leonard Cohen performs at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Feb. 19, 2009 ... At the end of the evening, as the audience floated out, still transported to whatever unknown inner place his words and music had carried them, you could almost feel a palpable sense of collective gratitude that such artistry still exists in a weary world -- that Leonard Cohen is still around. (Salon)
Music stores spin their day Apr 17, 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Sonic Youth, Beck, the Decemberists and Wilco are just some of the big names, along with Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams, who will issue a double 7-inch of live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh. And Melbourne musician Kevin Garrant has opened a new guitar shop at 555 Burwood Road Hawthorn. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Dylan is doing what he wants Apr 15, 2009
There's something of Leonard Cohen about Dylan's lyric, which is deeply existential and exceedingly debonair. Life Is Hard: Dylan apparently loved French director Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf film La Vie En Rose and agreed to write this song for his new one, My Own Love Song. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hooray! A Celebrity Has Finally Been Convicted of Murder. Apr 15, 2009
waving a gun at or near a celebrity when creative differences arise (John Lennon, Dee Dee Ramone, Leonard Cohen). Phil Spector's mug shotHere is what a male celebrity can't get away with in America: pointing a gun at a woman when she says she wants to leave and putting the barrel inside said woman's mouth and firing the gun and telling the chauffeur, "I think I killed somebody," and not calling 911 as the woman lies dead or dying in the foyer and calling the woman "a piece of shit" afterward in... (Slate)
Phil Spector found guilty of murder Apr 14, 2009
Recalling Spector outbursts with Leonard Cohen, John Lennon and The Ramones, former Spin and Vibe editor Alan Light says, "Does this detract from (his) accomplishments? Of course not. But will it color the way you think about the records, and about him? Yeah, I think it will.". When sheriff's deputies were called to Spector's home early on Feb. 3, 2003, hours after he met Clarkson at the House of Blues, they found her slumped dead in a chair, a gunshot wound in her mouth. (USA Today -- Life)
Worthy Versions Apr 12, 2009
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My report from a dream world Apr 1, 2009
Leonard Cohen: Live in London (CBC, 8 p.m.) I have no idea why this is Live in London rather than Live in Fredericton, Glace Bay, Toronto or any of the other Canadian cities that Leonard Cohen has played on his ongoing comeback tour, but the premise is simple. Take the familiar hits, cut the patter, splice it together and Bob's your uncle. (Globe and Mail)
Jung Ji-Hoon, Alyssa Milano, Barack Obama Mar 22, 2009
The festival, whose other performers include Paul McCartney, the Killers, the Cure and Leonard Cohen, runs from April 17 to 19 in Indio, California. M.I.A. gave birth to a boy, whose name has not been announced, on Feb. 11. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Montreal Zen Poetry Festival Mar 14, 2009
Published by the Zen centre under its press Empuku-Ji (and also the name of the Zen Centre s future home) Words Have No Meaning also features poetry from Montreal s most beloved poet and zen monk, Jikan Leonard Cohen. (Unfortunately Cohen does not make an appearance at the festival, as he is busy meditating his poetry on stages worldwide). (Suite101.com)
* [THE WEEKENDER] A fallen angel and reflections of Leonard Cohen Mar 10, 2009
THE WEEKENDER] A fallen angel and reflections of Leonard Cohen ... One of the most highly anticipated events of the Taiwan International Festival (xWN`), Book of Longing, a song cycle by Philip Glass based on the 2006 book of the same name by artist Leonard Cohen, opened to a full house at the National Concert Hall in Taipei on Saturday ... Although Leonard Cohen was not himself among the performers, his voice and his words were a powerful aspect of the diverse and not-easily... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Pop Quiz with Denmark's Tina Dico Mar 10, 2009
Q: So when you were a kid you listened to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen and now that you've matured you're listening to bad pop music. I think you did it backward. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Reviewer annoyed by 'Watchmen' Mar 9, 2009
It's all invariably filmed in Snyder's spasmodic, stop-go trademark style and accompanied by a jukebox score that ranges from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to Nena's "99 Luftballoons.". On the few occasions where the filmmakers do exercise their imaginations -- in a credit montage relating the glory days of the crimefighters Weegee-style, and in a neat improvement on Moore's climax -- the results are actually ingenious and sharp. (CNN)
Butternut, baby Mar 6, 2009
Taken with the comforting smells, the earthy taste and vibrant golden color, a line from a Leonard Cohen song comes to mind, I choose the rooms that I live in with care. Mine no doubt will involve a picnic table from childhood, some classical music, soup bowls from an estate sale on School Street, my grandmother s monogrammed soupspoons and the delicious puree. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Reinvigorated Tindersticks catches fire Mar 6, 2009
Staples's darkly romantic croon has elicited various comparisons - to Leonard Cohen and cult singer Scott Walker, among others - but Staples admits the late singer-songwriter Tim Hardin had just as much of an influence on him. (While we're comparing, you could make a strong case that Antony Hegarty has learned from Staples's tremulous timbre and measured phrasing as well. (Boston Globe)
* Shatterproof Glass Mar 6, 2009
Composer Philip Glass brings Leonard Cohen's `Book of Longing' to life in two performances this weekend at the National Concert Hall ... Glasss Book of Longing is a setting of 22 poems by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Watchmen Soundtrack and Original Score Released Today, March 3rd, on Warner Sunset/Reprise Records Mar 4, 2009
The soundtrack also features a collection of classic songs by such artists as Nat King Cole, Leonard Cohen, and Jimi Hendrix that, once heard in the context of the film, will never be thought of the same way again ... Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Doug Rangle, 'Songs for The New Industrial State' Mar 2, 2009
As the portentous title might indicate, "Songs for the New Industrial State" features the kind of pop songs Leonard Cohen would have a field day with: deviously acrid ditties about societal depersonalization. Randle offers few answers and little comfort, suggesting only that "watching the trout leaping over the Nicolston Dam" is far preferable to swimming with the minnows on Toronto's Yonge Street. (Boston Globe)
Leonard Cohen Mar 1, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Bruce ElderFebruary 28, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Coffee and candour with Cohen Mar 1, 2009
Twelve hours after his masterful return to the U.S. stage, the low baritone that belongs only to Leonard Cohen rises again this time, to reflect on what he learned when his own life hit the ropes ... Leonard Cohen is speaking, and if you want to understand him, it might take a bit of work ... " With all due respect to Cohen, though, we might quietly mutter a special thanks to whoever was responsible for his latest travails. For even he agrees that the tour is proof that some good can come from... (Globe and Mail)
A pop polemicist with time on his side Feb 27, 2009
Instead of offering a straight answer, Browne deflects the question with a stream-of-consciousness eulogy that starts with Prine, moves on to Bright Eyes and Amos Lee and winds around to Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams and Bob Dylan ... "Amos Lee sang a John Prine song. I do think that there's a whole crop of writers and singers and people who make music who work in both that youth market and in that timeless world - what Leonard Cohen calls the Tower Of Song. When I started writing songs there was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sounding off about Leonard Cohen Feb 27, 2009
ASSOCIATED PRESSLeonard Cohen comes to the Citi Wang Theatre in May ... But then, Leonard Cohen hadn't performed on a New York stage since 1994, so the rapturous standing ovation at the Beacon Theatre last week was more than warranted. (Boston Globe)
Ticketmaster scandal hits Cohen tickets Feb 26, 2009
NEW YORK Concert fans hit Ticketmaster with more accusations of improper behaviour yesterday after reports surfaced that the ticket giant's wholly owned subsidiary TicketsNow was selling seats to upcoming Leonard Cohen shows at wildly inflated prices even before Ticketmaster offered them for sale to the public ... Leonard Cohen fans wanting tickets at reasonable prices may already be out of luck ... Leonard Cohen fans hoping to snag good tickets for a reasonable price to his upcoming Canadian... (Globe and Mail)
Leonard Cohen on the road, for reasons practical and spiritual Feb 25, 2009
The day after his first American concert in more than 15 years, Leonard Cohen sat in a New York hotel suite warily submitting to an interviewer's questions, including one about the music in his laptop's iTunes. In response, he played a klezmer-style Hebrew hymn, then followed it by singing along with one of George Jones's weepy country morality tales. (International Herald Tribune)
Edgefest preview Feb 25, 2009
Despite , many local Leonard Cohen fans were wondering where the Toronto show was on the itinerary of this years North American tour, which kicks off April 2 in Austin, Texas and includes a day in the sun at Coachella April 17. Though there is no GTA show per say, Cohen completists do have a few options for taking in a spring show. (Eye Weekly)
Populism and sophistication a winning mix Feb 24, 2009
Monk's Cry Sigh Hungry Kiss is a clever trilogy to the songs of Leonard Cohen. Bayne and Destrooper convey the fascination of Suzann e in a push-me, pull-me pas de deux. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
U2's latest, track by track Feb 24, 2009
Wait for the Leonard Cohen moment: "I found grace inside a sound.". Cedars of Lebanon. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Cohen Releases Live in London; Conor Oberst goes Outer South Feb 22, 2009
Last year Leonard Cohen, the bard of love and loss set out on his first tour in 15 years after a former manager swindled him out of $5 million ... In other Leonard Cohen news, he recently donated $200,000 to help those affected by Australia's current rash of bushfires, according to The Guardian. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Leonard Cohen takes Manhattan, again Feb 22, 2009
Michael Loccisano / Getty ImagesLeonard Cohen held them close and raptured at New York's Beacon Theatre on Thursday evening as the legendary Canadian poet, musician and songwriter kicked off the second North American leg of his. Leonard Cohen is funny ... The first group of songs, including Dance Me to the End of Love, Bird On a Wire and Everybody Knows, were done in grand, and faintly '80s, style, geared by sax and backing vocals, which is one way to corral Leonard Cohen's dark matter into... (National Post)
4/5: Leonard Cohen plays the Dodge Feb 22, 2009
Leonard Cohen plays the Dodge ... Leonard Cohen plays the Dodge ... Leonard Cohen, one of the most respected singer-songwriters of the '60s and beyond, will perform his first U.S. dates in 15 years, including an April 5 concert at Phoenix's Dodge Theatre. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Poet of pleasure and pain leaves 'em swooning Feb 21, 2009
Looking for that one ticket to Leonard Cohen. For the 2,800 faithful who were already seated warmly inside for the sold-out show, Cohen finally in New York was miracle enough. (Globe and Mail)
Welcome Back, Cohen Feb 21, 2009
IN music, seeing Leonard Cohen live, and I mean alive, was as thrilling as having spotted an. ivory-billed woodpecker - thought to be extinct - in the swamps of Okefenokee. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Duffy, Leonard Cohen, Rihanna Feb 21, 2009
Leonard Cohen played his first U.S. concert in 15 years this week, returning with a six-encore, three-hour long performance that the singer called "a memorable evening." The 74-year-old Canadian singer, poet and novelist drew standing ovations at New York's Beacon Theatre. "It's been a long time since I stood up on this stage in New York City," Cohen said at the concert. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Cohen takes Manhattan Feb 20, 2009
"It's been a long time since I stood on a stage in New York," Leonard Cohen said Thursday night at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre. "I was 60 years old -- just a kid with a crazy dream.". (Edmonton Sun)
Leonard Cohen plays first US concert in 15 years Feb 20, 2009
AP Leonard Cohen acknowledges a standing ovation during his concert at the Beacon Theatre, his first in. NEW YORK Leonard Cohen played his first U.S. concert in 15 years, returning with a two-set, six-encore, three-hour long performance that the singer called "a memorable evening." ... When he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Lou Reed said he was among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters." In the 2005 documentary "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man,"... (Yahoo News)
Eoin Harrington carries an Irish tune Feb 19, 2009
A blue-eyed charmer with the Celtic knack for storytelling, Harrington usually rounds out his sets with a classic or two by one of the artists who've inspired him - Leonard Cohen, the Beatles, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Joan Armatrading, Bruce Springsteen - and occasionally one of the traditional Irish songs he was raised on. But he focuses on his originals, a mix of grooving pop tunes and pained ballads, rockers and stripped-down folk stuff. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sienna Miller, Jerry Springer, Pink Feb 18, 2009
Last week, Nicole Kidman and her husband, the country music star Keith Urban, and the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen pledged money to the appeal. (BBC). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Leonard Cohen kicks off tour in New York Feb 15, 2009
Canadian folk-rock icon Leonard Cohen is gearing up for a busy 2009, with a new live CD and his first American concerts in 15 years. The 74-year-old poet -- who ended years of monastic seclusion in 2005 after being reportedly fleeced of his retirement fund by a former manager -- kicks off his latest tour Thursday with a performance at New York City's newly refurbished Beacon Theatre. (London Free Press)
Peter Gabriel will sit out Oscars Feb 14, 2009
A new Cohen CD Leonard Cohen will release his first new album in five years next month. "Live in London," out March 31, was culled from the singer-songwriter's performance last July 17 at London's 02 Arena. (Boston Globe)
Bang your head and trash the bed at Iron Maiden's new hotel Feb 8, 2009
While I wasn't terribly interested in its theories (Sid Vicious was possibly too stoned to have committed the crime; it may have been suicide), it was a joy to revisit my favourite New York hotel, where I never lost hope of seeing Leonard Cohen step out of the elevator, or of opening my door and the lights actually working. In the documentary, Vicious's friends remember the hotel where he and Nancy were living, at the mercy of various hangers-on and drug buddies, when she died. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Mr. Grammy's credo: ‘Cover your business butt' Feb 7, 2009
SNAGGING NORAH JONES, REGRETTING LEONARD COHEN ... He's equally circumspect when the subject of Leonard Cohen comes up. (Globe and Mail)
