Leonard Cohen
54 songs we like from October 2019
Our October playlist includes songs by Frank Ocean, Nick Cave, Michael Kiwanuka, Sudan Archives, The 1975, Anna Meredith, Chromatics, Destroyer, Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Great Grandpa, Frances Quinlan, and more.
new Leonard Cohen song "Happens to the Heart" shared from posthumous album
Posthumous Leonard Cohen album Thanks for the Dance features contributions from Beck, Feist, the National’s Bryce Dessner, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry, Daniel Lanois and more.
Lana Del Rey covered Leonard Cohen with his son, brought out Sean Lennon & more at Jones Beach (pics, videos)
Lana played just five songs off her great new album Norman Fucking Rockwell, including the live debut of “Bartender.”
Leonard Cohen posthumous LP ft. mems of Arcade Fire, The National, Feist coming
The album also features contributions from Beck, Daniel Lanois, Patrick Watson, and more.
Leonard Cohen love letters to Marianne go for nearly $1 million at auction
A collection of nearly 50 love letters from Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen (who inspired ”So Long Marianne” and many other of his songs) have sold for sold for $876,000 at a recent Christie’s auction…
Leonard Cohen documentary 'Marianne & Leonard' comes out in July (watch trailer)
Leonard Cohen’s decades-long relationship with Marianne Ihlen, the inspiration for songs of his including ”So Long, Marianne,” ”Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” and ”Bird on the Wire,” is the subject of ’Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love.’
'Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything' at The Jewish Museum: a preview
‘Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything’ is on an international tour, and its NYC stop, at The Jewish Museum, opens Friday (4/12).
Nick Cave made a playlist of 10 songs that stand out to him the most
These are Nick Cave’s ”hiding songs” as he calls them, songs that feel like ”they were designed with you especially in mind, and that no one could ever begin to understand them in the way you do.”
Leonard Cohen art exhibit coming to NYC's Jewish Museum
The ”multimedia exhibition features commissioned works by international artists and pays tribute to Cohen’s music, poetry and lyrics” and there will be a multimedia gallery where you can listen to Leonard Cohen covers by Feist, Moby, and others.
Mark Kozelek playing S.F. Leonard Cohen fest, a holiday show w/ Kevin Corrigan & more dates
Mark also has a new Sun Kil Moon LP out in November.
