Tom Schnabel interviewed Cohen live on the radio. “I stayed up late the night before,” he later wrote, “preparing for my conversation with the gravelly voiced poet who always seemed to keep his knife ...

Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up— one of the leading rock journalists in the world— Sylvie Simms has interviewed and written about Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Neil Young, ...

One of my favorite songs is “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen. The melody is haunting, the words mesmerizing, and the overall production is just amazing. However, I didn’t know much about Cohen, the man ...

saw his future almost 40 years ago, and it fit him like a soft fedora or a famous blue raincoat. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Cohen, then 40, complained about "getting old. My nails are ...

On December 8, Chrome Dreams will release “Hallelujah,” a new biography of Canadian songwriting legend Leonard Cohen, the first to be published since 1988. The book delves into Cohen’s storied career, ...

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, ...

The new documentary HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG is a double biography of sorts, of beloved Canadian-Jewish songwriter/singer Leonard Cohen, who has had a cult-like following, ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. It has become something of a late-autumn Montreal tradition, no less moving for its low-key vibe and ...

HE WAS NEVER like the others. From “Songs of Leonard Cohen,” his 1967 debut, onward, the Canadian songsmith’s brooding baritone set him apart from glib pop-radio singers. Equally distinctive, Cohen’s ...

The award-winning documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield has made films about everyone from serial killer Aileen Wuornos (“Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer” and “Aileen: Life and Death of ...

Philippe Girard, trans. from the French by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle. Drawn and Quarterly, $24.95 (120p) ISBN 978-1-77046-489-6 Canadian rocker-poet Leonard Cohen’s tumultuous life and career gets ...