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Leonard Cohen News

Leonard Cohen collapses while performing on stage - video

Leonard Cohen collapses while performing on stage - video

74-year-old was onstage in Spain

  • Sep 19, 2009

Leonard Cohen announces US tour

Outing follows European summer dates

  • Jul 23, 2009

Leonard Cohen plays huge Liverpool show

Legendary singer provokes several standing ovations

  • Jul 15, 2009

Leonard Cohen: 'Too many people have covered 'Hallelujah''

However 'X Factor' cover gives singer record company revenge

Leonard Cohen to play open-air Surrey show

The one-off gig will take place in July

  • Apr 15, 2009

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YouTube Leonard Cohen Videos

Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (06:09)

Leonard Cohen's official music video for "Dance Me to the End of Love" from his album 'Various Positions'.

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (06:55)

Hallelujah Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan

Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (05:46)

Leonard Cohen First We Take Manhattan (C) 1987 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song (04:56)

Performing on the Julie Felix Show in 1967.

Leonard Cohen faints in Valencia during concert

Leonard Cohen faints in Valencia during concert (03:39)

During the interpretation of "Bird on a wire", he faints, falling on the stage. The concert has been suspended

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Leonard Cohen Reviews

Festival International De Benicassim

Festival International De Benicassim

Ah yes, the Spanish festival with guaranteed sun that’s a stone’s throw from the beach. Bliss. Castello De La Plana, Spain (July 17-20)

  • Aug 1, 2008

Cohen, Leonard : Ten New Songs

King of misery returns from monastry with synthesizer.

  • Oct 16, 2001

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Leonard Cohen Biography

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (born September 21, 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and complex interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, spending years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career.

Musically, Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album, Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music. In the 1970s, his material encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s his high baritone voice has evolved into lower registers (bass baritone and bass), with accompaniment from a wide variety of instruments and female backing singers.

Over 2,000 renditions of Cohen's songs have been recorded. Cohen has been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. While giving the speech at Cohen's induction into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008, Lou Reed described Cohen as belonging to the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters".

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Leonard Cohen's Best Songs

  • 1. Suzanne
  • 2. Hallelujah
  • 3. So Long, Marianne
  • 4. Famous Blue Raincoat
  • 5. Sisters Of Mercy
  • 6. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
  • 7. I'm Your Man
  • 8. Everybody Knows
  • 9. Who By Fire
  • 10. The Partisan
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Leonard Cohen Discography

Leonard Cohen albums.

  • Various Positions - 30/06/2008 (Columbia Records/GB)
  • Ten New Songs - 30/06/2008 (Columbia Records/GB)
  • I'm Your Man - 30/06/2008 (Columbia Records/GB)
  • Songs of Love and Hate - 24/04/2007 (Legacy/US)
  • Dear Heather - (Columbia Records/AR)
  • New Skin for the Old Ceremony - 07/02/1995 (Columbia Records/XW)
  • Death of a Ladies' Man - (Columbia Records/XE)
  • The Future - (Columbia Records/GB)
  • Songs of Leonard Cohen - (Columbia Records/GB)
  • Songs From a Room - 04/1969 (CBS Records/GB)

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