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
Jun 04 2009 7:00AM
by Benjy Eisen
Filed under: Clash of the Cover Songs
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 moreApr 17 2009 20:45PM
by Benjy Eisen
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
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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06/24/09
Evan Dando Goes Under Covers With Liv Tyler and Kate Moss If the Lemonheads doing a cove...
Spinner
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04/18/09
Leonard Cohen Dazzles the Coachella Desert Seeing Leonard Cohen in the desert one wonder...
Spinner
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02/20/09
Leonard Cohen Plays First U.S. Show in 15 Years At one point during his sold out show at...
Spinner
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06/24/09
Evan Dando Goes Under Covers With Liv Tyler and Kate Moss If the Lemonheads doing a cove...
Spinner
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06/02/09
Leonard Cohen concert postponed Leonard Cohen will not play Red Rocks Amphitheatre tonig...
The Denver Post - Denver CO
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05/30/09
Leonard Cohen gives us songs of love, life On Friday night, at a packed and reverent Cit...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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05/27/09
Hallelujah! Hub guitarist's gig with Leonard Cohen is heavenly B ob Metzger has spent a ...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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05/26/09
Live Review: Leonard Cohen in Ottawa Leonard Cohen skipped onto the Southam Hall stage, ...
JAM! Showbiz
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05/15/09
I'm Your Fan: An evening with Leonard Cohen At 74, Leonard Norman Cohen, formerly of Mon...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
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05/10/09
Leonard Cohen amazes at the Fox It's been about 15 years since Leonard Cohen last undert...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI
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05/07/09
'HALLELUJAH' CHORUS: Local artists choose their favorite Leonard Cohen lyrics I've alway...
Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI
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04/18/09
McCartney, Morrissey and Leonard Cohen Kick Off Coachella The 10th annual Coachella Vall...
Billboard
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04/18/09
Leonard Cohen Dazzles the Coachella Desert Seeing Leonard Cohen in the desert one wonder...
Spinner
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04/14/09
Music review: Leonard Cohen's graceful gift He noted that it had been 14 or 15 years sin...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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04/14/09
Review: Leonard Cohen thrills Paramount Theatre crowd with marathon concert Leonard Cohe...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
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04/13/09
Leonard Cohen's Money Troubles Benefit Fans of Sardonic Baritone: Review When the songs ...
Bloomberg.com
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04/10/09
10 best Leonard Cohen covers The only problem is that 99.333 percent of the reinterpreta...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
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04/10/09
Lemonheads & Liv Tyler Cover Leonard Cohen (Stereogum Premiere) For their forthcoming al...
Stereogum
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04/09/09
Leonard Cohen rare concert tour has fans crying 'Hallelujah" Never come close to crackin...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
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04/06/09
Leonard Cohen: Great lyrics and distinctive voice Late '60s' classics as poignant as "Bi...
The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ
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04/06/09
Leonard Cohen plays the Dodge Leonard Cohen, one of the most respected singer-songwriter...
The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ
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04/04/09
Leonard Cohen: Zen And The Art Of Songwriting Leonard Cohen is touring the U.S. for the ...
NPR
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03/31/09
Leonard Cohen - "Everybody Knows" (Live in London) (video) (Mixed Media) Legendary singe...
PopMatters
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03/31/09
Leonard Cohen: Live in London (Review) The loss of five million dollars can light a fire...
PopMatters
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03/30/09
LEONARD COHEN F or a guy who doesn't provide many surprises onstage, Cohen has made his ...
Boston Herald - Boston MA
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03/25/09
Exclusive First Listen: Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen , a singer and songwriter of tremend...
NPR
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03/19/09
Bay Area concerts: Leonard Cohen adds 3rd Oakland show June 5, Grand Ballroom at Regency...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
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03/10/09
Stargazing | ‘Life on Mars'; Julia Roberts, Lance Reddick of ‘Fringe,' Leonard Cohen '...
The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO
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03/06/09
Bay Area concerts: New Leonard Cohen date announced DAVE RAWLINGS BAND AND GILLIAN WELCH...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
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03/04/09
Antony Live, U2, Leonard Cohen And More On this edition of All Songs Considered we've go...
NPR
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03/04/09
Leonard Cohen fans stung on Net Within hours of selling out, tickets for Leonard Cohen's...
JAM! Showbiz
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03/02/09
My Date With Ticketmaster I'm pretty sure I had the same experience that's been enraging...
Pollstar
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02/27/09
Leonard Cohen is back on the road in the U.S. The day after his first American concert i...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA
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07/03/09
Backtracking: 'Songs of Leonard Cohen': A vinyl reckoning Although Cohen had planned onl...
Buzz Bands
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06/24/09
Evan Dando Goes Under Covers With Liv Tyler and Kate Moss If the Lemonheads doing a cove...
Spinner
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06/08/09
Leonard Cohen @ Red Rocks in Colorado - pics & setlist "Something must have happened to ...
Brooklyn Vegan
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05/30/09
Hallelujah for Leonard Cohen A review of Leonard Cohen in concert could consist of nothi...
Sound Effects
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05/23/09
Concert Review: Leonard Cohen: Kingston, Ontario, May 22, 2009 From the moment he ran on...
Blogcritics.org Music
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05/18/09
Leonard Cohen played NYC's Radio City Music Hall - setlists
Brooklyn Vegan
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04/18/09
Coachella 2009: Two lions in winter -- Leonard Cohen and Morrissey Tonight, Coachella ha...
Buzz Bands
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04/18/09
Coachella ‘09: Leonard Cohen stuns with ‘Hallelujah’ … Moz sickened by meat … Franz Ferdinand, Silversun Pickups rock
Soundcheck - OCRegister.com
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04/18/09
Leonard Cohen's spiritual oasis at Coachella I have to confess I was feeling pretty skep...
Buzz Bands
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04/18/09
Leonard Cohen Dazzles the Coachella Desert Seeing Leonard Cohen in the desert one wonder...
Spinner
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04/17/09
Leonard Cohen: Top cover songs all time Many people consider this to be the finest Cohen...
The Concert Blog
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04/15/09
Mos Def, Green Day, Leonard Cohen and the New England Yankees It was one of those nights...
The Concert Blog
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04/14/09
Review: Leonard Cohen in concert Leonard Cohen had gone some 15 years without taking the...
The Concert Blog
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04/12/09
Review: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live His performance, the first he's given l...
Buzz Bands
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04/12/09
Music Review: Leonard Cohen - Live In London I had sort of lost track of Leonard Cohen o...
Blogcritics.org Music
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04/11/09
Set list: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre, Night 1 Leonard Cohen and his nine skillful, s...
Soundcheck - OCRegister.com
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04/08/09
Music DVD Review: Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen Live In London I have to admit the first...
Blogcritics.org Music
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04/06/09
Perfection on Stage, Leonard Cohen Captivates Audience at Dodge Cohen played a captivati...
Ear Infection
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04/05/09
Leonard Cohen's Lust for Beauty Leonard Cohen (who knows he has a reputation as a ladies...
Cosmetic Makeovers
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04/03/09
Music Review: Leonard Cohen - Live In London [2CD/1DVD] Before Leonard Cohen embarked on...
Blogcritics.org Music
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04/02/09
Concert Calendar for This Weekend: Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Country Thunder, Tempe Music Fest, and Much More
Ear Infection
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03/31/09
New Album Releases 03/31/09: PJ Harvey & John Parish, Flo-Rida, Keith Urban, Prince, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Leonard Cohen, Fly, Peter Bjorn and John & More
Blogcritics.org Music
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03/26/09
Exclusive Video: Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem” From “Live In London” With Leonard Cohen set t...
Rock and Roll Daily
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03/25/09
Shorties (Leonard Cohen, Grant Morrison, and more) Wired's Underwire blog interviews com...
largehearted boy
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03/16/09
Leonard Cohen adds third Oakland date Those that missed out on getting tickets for Leona...
The Concert Blog
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03/06/09
Unwigged & Unplugged, Leonard Cohen (PRESALE), Twilight Sad, Lez Zeppelin & other tix Ti...
Brooklyn Vegan
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03/05/09
Leonard Cohen adds 2nd Radio City show, Beacon show streaming @ NPR, Canadians pissed at Ticketmaster (again)
Brooklyn Vegan
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03/05/09
Leonard Cohen adds second show, Get Up Kids to play Troub Missing the reunited Kids is t...
Soundcheck - OCRegister.com
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03/05/09
Andrew Bird, Leonard Cohen, Tom Jones, Public Enemy, Pentragram & other tickets A Fan Cl...
Brooklyn Vegan
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03/04/09
Leonard Cohen, round 2 After listening to friends lament all week about not getting tick...
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