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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Portrait of Leonard Cohen by Montreal Photographer Marko Kulik -
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Read the story behind the photo.
| Sony Music Entertainment/Columbia Records is proud to announce the release of Leonard Cohen's Live In London, a musical chronicle of the legendary singer-songwriter-musician-painter-poet's historic 2008 concert -- available as either a DVD or 2 CD set now. |  |
Live at the Isle of Wight |
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The Lifetime Achievement Award honors lifelong artistic contributions to the recording medium and was awarded to Leonard at a ceremony on January 30, 2010. Read about the pre-Grammy celebrations and the award event. |
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The Icon: |
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Everybody knows 2009 was Leonard Cohen's year. The 75-year-old Montreal native and world renowned poet-singer-songwriter is, in a word, an icon... |
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Reviews of Live In London |
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"'The real difference is just Leonard's attention to detail and Leonard's commitment to whatever it takes to make a show just absolutely amazing every single night. When this band has a bad night, they still have an 'A' show,' Carenza says, laughing..." Riverfront Times (St. Louis, MO) |
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Leonard Cohen talks women, age and Hallelujah |
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"Leonard Cohen is an eternal paradox, which is to say that he is paradoxically eternal... To spend time with him is to realize that he is reassuringly human. To spend time with him asking questions is also to be reminded that he is enigmatic. He has made a career of contradiction. So at this stage, it follows that his prospective swan song also feels like a new beginning..." The National Post |
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"Q: But this was a brand new career for you that you were starting in your 30s. How fearful were you of starting a second career at that point? "A:Well I've been generally fearful about everything, so this just fits in with the general sense of anxiety that I always experienced in my early life... When you say I had a career as a writer or a poet, that hardly begins to describe the modesty of the enterprise in Canada at that time. You know, we often printed our books we often mimeographed our books. An edition of 200 was considered a bestseller in poems." Canwest News Service |
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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
