About Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen is a singer, songwriter, poet, musician and novelist from Montreal, Canada. His full name is Leonard Norman Cohen but is known with his shortened name. Born in 1934, Cohen had his first book of poetry published in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His works have mostly been concerned with subjects like interpersonal relationships, sexuality, religion and isolation. Leonard Cohen has spent many years in a Zen Buddhist monastery and is considered to be mystique personified. Hence, the highly learned and knowledgeable personality is known for his rich lyrics and producing works for five decades hat have all been ranked as possessing high artistic quality.

As far as his musical career is concerned, Leonard Cohen's earliest songs were all inspired from European folk and such types can be found in his 1967 albums, Songs of Leonard Cohen. By 1970s, he evolved his musical style into cabaret, pop and world music. Through the 1980s, Cohen's high baritone voice was seen evolving into lower registers such as bass and bass baritone and accompanying of backing female singers. He boasts order of Canada and has been enlisted in Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His songs have been re-recorded with renditions over 2000 times, according to a survey and this makes him a legend and a role model for other musicians.

In 2008, the musician was included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the United States and from that year up till 2010, the musician made a major comeback that grabbed the attention of music fans all around the globe. He has received numerous awards such as Grammys and Meteor Music Awards and as of June 2011, is working on his upcoming album.

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THE CHURCH OF LEONARD COHEN - American Reporter
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- As Leonard Cohen says in "Anthem," Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack, a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in. No one can mix spirituality and sex better than Cohen, which may be ...
Henry Purcell, Nick Drake And Leonard Cohen: Songwriters On Equal Footing - NPR News
(Classical Detours meanders through stylistic byways, exploring new recordings from the fringes of classical music.) What is refreshing about Wallumrd's approach and that of her collaborator, baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi is its ...
Portrait of the artist: As an older man - Winnipeg Free Press
(imageTag)Leonard Cohen released his 12th album, Old Ideas, on Tuesday. Born in Montreal, Cohen formed his first band while a student at McGill, but the musician has always been more than just an everyday rock star. We assembled a Cohen-centric panel to ...
Bow down before the sage from Mt Baldy - Financial Times
You would think he had just discovered a cure for the business cycle. The pop-cultural phenomenon that is late-period Leonard Cohen intensified this week ahead of Monday's release of the 77-year-old poet-turned-singer-songwriter's new album.
Old Ideas' Presents Cohen As a mature, But Seasoned Poetic Artist - BC Heights
Old Ideas is a fitting title for Leonard Cohen's new albumnot because its ideas are stale or tired, but because it seems a summation of his career, exploring the grand and timeless themes that have always been his concern: love and sex ...
Still feisty after all these years - Pioneer Press
Leonard Cohen, "Old Ideas" (Columbia): It doesn't seem possible, but Leonard Cohen's voice sounds even deeper, darker, more foreboding than ever on his 12th studio album in 44 years. Cohen is 77, and he doesn't bother to sing anymore.