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Sons of the Never Wrong Make It Right In Evanston

Robert Rodi | Posted 12.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Deborah Lader, Guns of the Navarone, Steve Goodman, Lynda Barry, Sons of the Never Wrong, They Might Be Giants, Leonard Cohen, Jane Shilling, Judy Raddue, Sue Demel, Joni Mitchell, Old Town School of Folk Music, Simon & Garfunkle, NoëL Coward, Bruce Roper, Claudia Schmidt, Chicago News

Sons in a nutshell: maddeningly coy, disarmingly clever, and many times smarter than you are. Which isn't to paint them as a novelty act.

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Holidays '09: Ten Music CDs I Bet You'll See On No Other Gift List

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Noiiri Nu Riain, Josh Ritter, Willie Nile, Miles David, Leonard Cohen, Martha Wainwright, Amadou & Mariam, Bob Dylan, Teddy Thompson, Brandi Carlile, Entertainment News

For me, the holidays are the idea time for unexpected gifts -- music that defines a moment, a season, a time in your life. Music that makes you listen, forces you to feel and think, inspires you to dance and dream.

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HuffPost Reviews: Twilight's New Moon, Kerouac's Big Sur, Cohen's Isle Of Wight, and more including This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz, The Jacksons, Son Volt, Lawrence Ferenghetti, Joan Baez, Miles Davis, Flight of the Conchords, John Mayer, Jay Farrar, Judy Collins, The Killers, Woodstock, Thom Yorke, David Bowie, The Jackson 5, Curt Worden, Sam Shepard, Jack Kerouac, Twilight, Kris Kristofferson, Big Sur, Patti Smith, The Twilight Sage: New Moon, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Benjamin Gibbard, The Doors, Kings of Convenience, Leonard Cohen, Death Cab for Cutie, Robert Francis, Murray Lerner, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, New Moon, Entertainment News

Leading off with Death Cab For Cutie's infectious "Meet Me On The Equinox," New Moonmay be after your traditional teen market's pop dollars, but they're also attempting to tap into 20-something angst.

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Judy Collins: Singing for the Privileged Few

James Gavin | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York

Read More: 1960s, Susan Boyle, Cafe Carlyle, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Folk Music, Barbra Streisand, Judy-Collins-Cafe-Carlyle, Leonard Cohen, New York News

As I watched the transfixed faces of Judy's Carlyle fans, I had to wonder: What long and winding road took them here? Did they ever roll around in the mud at Woodstock? Take LSD?

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Judy Collins Sings The Stuff Of Folklore, Perfectly

Katy Hall | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judy Collins Cafe Carlyle, '60s Pop Music, Cafe Carlyle, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Folk Music, Bob Dylan, Music, Joan Baez, Entertainment News

She drifted into a few lines of 'Suzanne,' the song Leonard Cohen wrote for her to sing but made him famous, stopping herself just as she got to those oranges that traveled halfway around the world in the summer of 1965.

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Boycotts, Brides, and 50,000+ Reasons Leonard Cohen Played in Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Boycott, Entertainment, Leonard Cohen, Vegan, Israel, Canada, Spain, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Entertainment News

It's a big commitment for artists to come to Israel. I can't think of one big act that has come to Israel without pro-Palestinian organizations boycotting against them. With all the bad press, who wants to be bothered?

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The Cowardice, the Vanity, the Sin of Boycotting Israel

Bradley Burston | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yom Kippur, Israel, Leonard Cohen, Bradley Burston, Boycott, World News

There is something in Ajami's nuance that helps explain why the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel has proven a wholesale failure.

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The Holy and the Broken

Dahlia Scheindlin | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World Music, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen Tour, Leonard Cohen Concert, Israel, Music, World News

Here is a little known fact about Israel: the country is mad about Leonard Cohen. One sweaty summer night, 47,000 tickets sold out in two days

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Leonard Cohen Recovering From Onstage Collapse

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Leonard Cohen, Music, Leonard Cohen Collapse, Entertainment News

MADRID — Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday. The veteran poet...

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Starting a Rock 'n Roll Choir!

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Rock Choir, Mike Cappo, Singing, Boulder Colorado, Rock N Roll Choir, Good Vibrations, Activities, Community Events, Calendar, Events, Leonard Cohen, Denver News

When my friend Nance and I wanted to sing the songs we grew up with and love, we only had one option: start our own rock 'n' roll choir.

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Leonard Cohen's Israel Concert Sells Out In A Day

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Israel, Leonard Cohen, Music, Entertainment News

JERUSALEM — Tickets for a Leonard Cohen concert to benefit Palestinian and Israeli peace groups sold out in less than a day, an Israeli ticket a...

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New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Smith, Andy McKaie, Jim Keltner, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Danny O'Keefe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Geddy Lee, Nels Cline, Grammy, The Beatles, Crack the Sky, Maria Muldaur, Rush, Duran Duran, Don Henley, Yes, The Zombies, Battlestar Galactica, Lost in Space, Julia Fordham, George Harrison, Wilco, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Jeff Tweedy, Stephen Marcussen, Benmont Tench, Larry John McNally, The Mars Volta, Greg Leisz, World Party, Maren Jensen, The Grateful Dead, Leonard Cohen, Entertainment News, Rolling Stone, Prog Rock, Randy Newman, Chris Bell, Dark Horse Records, Scorpions, Christina Courtin, Jon Brion, Melanie, Copernicus, Grease, Bruce Hornsby, Entertainment News

The songs on Wilco's self-titled album are laden with fat, beefy hooks although there isn't the usual amount of boundary pushing here.

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Culture Zohn: Leonard Cohen, Troubadour of Love

Patricia Zohn | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Radio-City-Music-Hall, Mick Jagger, Leonard Cohen, Entertainment News

Cohen still has the bedroom voice, the luscious, sexy Everybody Knows, no pyrotechnics needed instrument that has taught us about transfiguration and transformation and transmutation.

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Phil Spector and the Death of Madness Chic

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mick Brown, Tom Wolfe, Leonard Cohen, Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector, Pete Doherty, Entertainment News

Time, the great equalizer, has done more than bring Phil Spector down. It has sent him straight to hell.

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Leonard Cohen Works For A Living

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Zen Buddhism, Sharon Robinson, Trent Reznor, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen Tour, Entertainment News

Who would have guessed that Leonard Cohen was a contender for James Brown's title as The Hardest Working Man in Show Business?

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HuffPost Reviews: Leonard Cohen - Live In London / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! / Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Linda Ronstadt, Dino Soldo, Richard Thomspon, John Paul Jones, The Chieftains, Jimmie Rogers, Tim O'Brien, Cylon, Capitol Records, Dave Rawlings, Battlestar Galactica, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Robertson, Bela Fleck, The McGarrigle Sisters, Sean Watkins, New Wave, Sara Watkins, Benmont Tench, Punk, Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, U2, Warner Bros Records, Bow Wow Wow, Entertainment News, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Adama, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Bob Metzger, Pop, O2 Arena, The Webb Sisters, Chrissie Hynde, Adidas, The Strokes, Kate Voegle, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, Chris Eldridge, Sharon Robinson, Edie Brickell, Rock, Nickel Creek, Nick Zinner, Rafael Bernardo Gayol, Steve Lillywhite, Rayna Gellert, Ronnie McCoury, The Louvin Brothers, Jon Mark, White Stripes, Alex Woodard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Dan Wilson, Chris Thile, Javier Mas, Avenue C, Karen O, Laura Roslin, Roscoe Beck, Alternative, Bob Dylan, New York City, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Rea, Ben Lee, Jon Brion, Annabella, Svengali, I-Threes, Entertainment News

Leonard's voice really has grown better over the years, Yeah Yeah's new album is 42 minutes of electronically retro-licious pop, and Sara Watkins is as a serious lyricist with a mission.

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Dreaming On The Edge of Survival

Anne Hill | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Robert Moss, Paul Krugman, Dreams, Poetry, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, William Butler Yeats, Survival-Tips, Talking Heads, Living News

In this time of economic upheaval, how do each of us manage to find the next step, and the next, and the next, to make it through?

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Leonard Cohen Returns To Touring For Spiritual And Financial Reasons

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Leonard Cohen Tour, Leonard Cohen, Music, Entertainment News

Religious devotion weighs heavily in both music and life for Mr. Cohen, and it takes many forms. After a five-year stint in a Zen Buddhist monastery ...

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Leonard Cohen Live: Nothing On His Tongue But 'Hallelujah'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen Concert, Entertainment News

For the faithful, Cohen is more than a musician -- he's our intimate stranger, the poet laureate of our secret lives, our personal bard.

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Leonard Cohen Plays First US Show In 15 Years

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music, Leonard Cohen, Entertainment News

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 s...

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Dog Ears Music: Holiday Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Amos Milburn, D.J. Santa & the Dance Squad, Dave Matthews, Run-Dmc, The Beach Boys, Joe Sample, Neil Sedaka, Snow Patrol, Dolly Parton, Otis Redding, Casey Shea, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Horace Andy, Pedro the Lion, The Who, Dave Brubeck, The Klezmonauts, The Shootist, Jack Benny, Dinah Washington, Amalia De Granada, Laura Nyro, Matisyahu, Kurtis Blow, Chris Brown, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev, Ron Sexsmith, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Itzhak Perlman, Kodo & Tan Dun, Keith Richards, Elvis Presley, Maria McKee, Mandy Patinkin, Macy Gray, mp3s, Leonard Cohen, The Trammps, Joan Osborne, Christmas Symphonic Players, Jack Johnson, Phil Ramone, Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra, Remy Zero, Eddy Arnold, Danny Elfman, Mickey Katz, Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, The Ramones, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Music, Iain Archer, Aretha Franklin, Spike Jones, Jane Siberry, The Long Winters, Tony Bennett, The New 2 Live Crew, 2 Live Jews, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong & the Commanders, Mary J. Blige, Barbra Streisand, Tim Finn, Danielle Evin, José Feliciano, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Richard Swift, Harry James, The Raveonettes, Yoshida Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Alison Krauss & Natalie MacMaster, Astrud Gilberto, Adam Sandler, Snoop Dogg, Woody Herman, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Holiday Season Commentary, Entertainment News

A comprehensive set of holiday music recommendations from Dog Ears Music, including Otis Redding, Spike Jones, The Klezmonauts, Keith Richards, Run-DMC, Dolly Parton, The Beach Boys, and many more.

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Leonard Cohen Rules British Music Charts

AFP via Yahoo | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alexandra Burke, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Music, Entertainment News

Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" made British chart history Sunday when it became both number one and number two in the Christmas singles charts -- a...

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"First We Take Manhattan...Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A."

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Expat, First We Take Manhattan, Democracy, Olympia, America, Paris, Leonard Cohen, Politics News

The Leonard Cohen concert at the Olympia in Paris last night was better than I could have imagined it to be...and it made so much more sense as I list...

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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