Leonard Cohen

Born: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1934

Years Active: 1965-2008

Influenced by: Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen

Genre: Country

Biography: One of the most fascinating and enigmatic -- if not the most successful -- singer/songwriters of the late '60s, Leonard ...

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Jun 15 2009 14:00PM by Joshua Ostroff

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Spinner: For the past few months, Canada's music critics, bloggers and broadcasters have been debating with themselves and each other to pick the past year's (June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009) best album for the annual Polaris Music Prize. Past winners of this ... Read more

 
Jun 04 2009 7:00AM by Benjy Eisen

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Spinner: The Rules for Battle: Each week, we pit versions of the same song by two different artists in a head-to-head death match for musical supremacy. (Sometimes it will be the original recording vs. a cover version; other times it will be two different ... Read more

 
Apr 17 2009 20:45PM by Benjy Eisen

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Spinner: Seeing Leonard Cohen in the desert one wonders if they're just seeing a messianic mirage. In fact, his set on Friday night at Coachella was not unlike going to church -- a notion driven home by the fact that the notoriously chatty crowd remained ... Read more

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