Sunday, 31 December 2017

LEONARD COHEN NEWS

Leonard Cohen's debut album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, was published 50 years ago this week. It was not immediately or universally loved. “I don't think I could ever tolerate all of it,” Arthur Schmidt wrote in Rolling Stone. “There are three brilliant songs, one good one, three qualified bummers, and ..
Many people are hailed as great songwriters, as poets weaving beautiful words together with their own compositions. But in the pantheon of singer-songwriters, Leonard Cohen is an unmatchable presence, a shooting star untouchable to anyone else that dare put words to music. The likes of Bob Dylan, ...

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