Leonard Cohen

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


Mike Ragogna

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.

Judy Collins: Singing for the Privileged Few

James Gavin | Posted 10.06.2009 | New York


James Gavin

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?

Judy Collins Sings The Stuff Of Folklore, Perfectly

Katy Hall | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


Katy Hall

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.

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

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment


Karin Kloosterman

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?

The Cowardice, the Vanity, the Sin of Boycotting Israel

Bradley Burston | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

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

The Holy and the Broken

Dahlia Scheindlin | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


Dahlia Scheindlin

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

Leonard Cohen Recovering From Onstage Collapse

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment


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

Starting a Rock 'n Roll Choir!

Sara Davidson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Denver


Sara Davidson

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.

Leonard Cohen's Israel Concert Sells Out In A Day

AP | STEVE WEIZMAN | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment


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...

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

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

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.

Culture Zohn: Leonard Cohen, Troubadour of Love

Patricia Zohn | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment


Patricia Zohn

2009-05-17-LeonardCohenoutside.jpgCohen still has the bedroom voice, the luscious, sexy Everybody Knows, no pyrotechnics needed instrument that has taught us about transfiguration and transformation and transmutation.

Phil Spector and the Death of Madness Chic

RJ Eskow | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment


RJ Eskow

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

Leonard Cohen Works For A Living

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.13.2009 | Entertainment


RJ Eskow

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

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


Mike Ragogna

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.

Dreaming On The Edge of Survival

Anne Hill | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

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?

Leonard Cohen Returns To Touring For Spiritual And Financial Reasons

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment


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 ...

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

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 03.26.2009 | Entertainment


Jesse Kornbluth

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

Leonard Cohen Plays First US Show In 15 Years

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


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...

Dog Ears Music: Holiday Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment


Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

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.

Leonard Cohen Rules British Music Charts

AFP via Yahoo | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment


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...

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

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

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...

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

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

"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.

Madonna, Mellencamp Head to Rock Hall

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who e...

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Name Madonna, Mellencamp And More Named

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark ...

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Revealed

Billboard | Jonathan Cohen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Madonna, the Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen lead a wildly disparate class of nominees for 2008 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall ...