A Tribute to Leonard Cohen and His Words
...You are playing to people who have experienced a catastrophe.
This should make you very quiet.
Speak the words, convey the data, step aside.
Everyone knows you are in pain.
You cannot tell the audience everything you know about love
in every line of love you speak.
Step aside and they will know what you know
because they know it already.
You have nothing to teach them...
How to Speak
Poetry
Death
of a Lady's Man
& Stranger Music
So come, my friends, be not afraid.
We are so lightly here.
It is in love that we are made;
In love we disappear.
Though all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
Boogie Street
Ten New Songs
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The photograph of Cohen, by Anton Corbun,
appeared in the magazine Details, January, 1993.
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11-May-08 Fredericton, NB - Fredericton Playhouse - sold out 12-May-08 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - sold out 13-May-08 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - sold out 15-May-08 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - sold out 16-May-08 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - sold out 17-May-08 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium - sold out 18-May-08 Charlottetown, PE - Confederation Centre - sold out 20-May-08 Glace Bay, NS - Savoy Theatre - sold out 21-May-08 Glace Bay, NS - Savoy Theatre - sold out 23-May-08 Moncton, NB - Capitol Theatre - sold out 25-May-08 St John's, NL - Holy Heart Theatre - sold out 26-May-08 St John's, NL - Holy Heart Theatre - sold out 27-May-08 St John's, NL - Holy Heart Theatre - sold out Moved to 25-May--28-May-08 St John's, NL - Holy Heart Theatre - sold out 30-May-08 Saguenay, QC - Auditorium Dufour - sold out 31-May-08 Saguenay, QC - Auditorium Dufour - sold out 02-Jun-08 Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square - sold out 03-Jun-08 Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Place Theatre - sold out 04-Jun-08 Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Place Theatre - sold out 06-Jun-08 Toronto - Sony Centre For The Performing Arts - sold out 07-Jun-08 Toronto - Sony Centre For The Performing Arts - sold out 08-Jun-08 Toronto - Sony Centre For The Performing Arts (www.ticketmaster.ca) 13-Jun-08 Dublin, Ireland - IMMA - (On sale now (www.ticketmaster.ie)) 14-Jun-08 Dublin, Ireland - IMMA - sold out 15-Jun-08 Dublin, Ireland - IMMA - sold out 17-Jun-08 Manchester, UK - Opera House - sold out 18-Jun-08 Manchester, UK - Opera House - sold out 19-Jun-08 Manchester, UK - Opera House - sold out 20-Jun-08 Manchester, UK - Opera House - sold out 23-Jun-08 Montreal - Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts - Sold out 24-Jun-08 Montreal - Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts - Sold out 25-Jun-08 Montreal - Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts - Sold out 29-Jun-08 Glastonbury, UK - Glastonbury Festival (Registration is reopened (www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk)) 01-Jul-08 Oslo, Norway - Bislett Stadium (www.billettservice.no) 03-Jul-08 Helsingborg, Sweden - Sofiero Slott (www.ticnet.se) 05-Jul-08 Copenhagen, Denmark - Rosenborg Castle (www.billetnet.dk) 06-Jul-08 Arhuus, Denmark - Raadhus Parken (www.billetnet.dk) 08-Jul-08 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival - Sold out 09-Jul-08 Lyon, France - Festival - sold out 10-Jul-08 Bruges, Belgium - Cactus - sold out 12-Jul-08 Amsterdam, Holland - Westerpark (www.ticketmaster.nl) 16-Jul-08 Edinburgh, UK - Castle - sold out 17-Jul-08 London, UK - The 02 Arena - sold out 19-Jul-08 Lisbon, Portugal - Passeio Maritimo (www.ticketline.pt) CANCELED 20-Jul-08 Bennicasim, Spain - Festival 22-Jul-08 Nice, France - Jazz Festival (www.gdp.fr/index.php?idDirBill=1285) 25-Jul-08 Lorrach, Germany - Stimmen De Welt (www.stimmen.com) 27-Jul-08 Lucca, Italy - Summer Festival (www.ticketone.it) 28-Jul-08 Rome, Italy - Auditorium Parco della Musica (http://www.listicket.it) 03-Aug-08 Ledbury, UK - Big Chill Festival (www.bigchill.ticketline.co.uk) CANCELED 30-Aug-08 Berlin, Germany |
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Read Heck Of A Guy's field guide to the life of Leonard Cohen, humorous and insightful lessons on Cohen for the new fan, and How to Behave at a Leonard Cohen Concert, revised for 2008 |
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Independent.ie - March 23, 2008 by Barry Egan "Bob Dylan was never enamoured of the term poet... Leonard Cohen...saw it differently. 'I always thought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against'..." |
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Leonard Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City on March 10, 2008. Lou Reed gave the induction speech and Damien Rice provided the vocal tribute to Leonard's music. Read about the ceremony and the buzz leading up to the big event. And check out the invitation and program and pictures from the dinner too. |
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Get the scoop on Leonard's band: Roscoe Beck - bass & vocal (Musical Director) Neil Larsen - keyboard, accordion, brass instruments Bob Metzger - guitar, steel guitar & vocal Javier Mas - bandurria, laud, archilaud and 12 string acoustic guitar. Rafael Gayol - drums & percussion Dino Soldo - keyboard, saxophone, wind instruments & vocal |
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Anjani told us Javier Mas will be handling the ethnic stringed instruments chair on Leonard's tour. So who is he and what is Acordes con Leonard Cohen? |
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Toronto Star - March 23, 2008 by Francine Kopun "A guitar. A creaky voice. Poetry, black suits and a mournful expression. If you guessed Leonard Cohen, you are a longtime fan, or you've been watching American..." *** Interesting thoughts about this article in Heck Of A Guy's blog. |
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The Brock Press - March 18, 2008 by Katherine Gottli ..."We will be building statues to Cohen in the future. Any acknowledgement of his work at this point in his career is but a token down-payment of the homage that he is due..." |
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Heck Of A Guy - March 18, 2008 by DrHGuy "The Leonard Cohen Custom Search Engine at LeonardCohenSearch.com is a Google-powered search process that has been altered (customized) to search only specified web sites or, in some cases, specified portions of web sites..." |
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The London Free Press - March 16, 2008 by James Reaney "Much of the world knows where Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was last week... Perhaps only London's greatest poet -- my mother, Colleen Thibaudeau -- recalls where Cohen was early in the evening of Oct. 26, 1964..." |
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The Boston Globe - March 14, 2008 by Geoff Edgers "...A spare piano chord, a breathy voice, and opening lines flecked with biblical references before a quietly uplifting chorus kicks in. This is "Hallelujah," a 23-year-old song that has become the most trafficked tune of the soundtrack era..." |
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Montreal Gazette - March 07, 2008 by Juan Rodriguez Biographical article written on the eve of Leonard's induction into the Hall of Fame. |
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Leonard Cohen... On Songwriting (30 min) Broadcast on Radio 2 Thu 28 Feb - 23:00 Leonard Cohen gives a rare insight into his songwriting methods. |
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Read the big announcement of Leonard's World Tour and what others are writing. |
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Leonard participated in Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters, which won Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album at this year's Grammy Awards. Listen to the song "Jungle Line" featuring Leonard. And read about the party thrown to celebrate Canadian artists, which was attended by Leonard. Also included is a link to party footage, with footage of Leonard. |
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The Guardian - September 17, 2004 by Tim de Lisle As the godfather of gloom turns 70, Tim de Lisle describes his brush with death - and lists 69 other things you may not know about him |
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What was it like to perform a Leonard Cohen song in front of The Man himself? k.d. lang tells you. |
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This site was created and is maintained by Marie Mazur.
The sole purpose of this site is to provide Cohen fans
everywhere an opportunity to gain further insights and pleasure
from The Man and his words.
I hope that the writers and photographers who's work
is featured in these pages, as well as the magazines which
published those works, will forgive the insatiable desire
of fans to lay their hands upon anything
concerning the work and words of Leonard Cohen.
I wish to thank Jarkko Arjatsalo and Dick Straub
for their encouragement and kindness and
Patrice Clos for knowing my heart.
And there are not enough ways to say thank you
to Leonard Cohen for the joy and comfort
his work has provided me.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Email Marie at Megan2C2B@aol.com
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