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News: Award / Grant

"Stand By Me," Written By Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E. King, To Receive Towering Song Award at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala Event

April 10, 2012

“Stand By Me,” the song written by Leiber & Stoller and Ben E. King will receive the Towering Song Award at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Gala Event to be held at the Marriott Marquee Hotel in New York City on Thursday, June 14, 2012, Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman Jimmy Webb announced today. ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas

by Nenad Georgievski
March 24, 2012

Leonard Cohen Old Ideas Columbia Records 2012 In an age where being talentless is the new talent it is nice to have a taste of the good old world in the form of a Leonard Cohen record. Moving to the level of being an information or software culture, ...

News: Music Industry

Leonard Cohen: "Darkness"

January 11, 2012

LEONARD COHEN GETS DARK With the forthcoming release of his new record Old Ideas on January 31, legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has made available a track off the record entitled “Darkness." Listen below. This is the second song we're hearing from Old Ideas, with “Show Me the Place" being the first. The album is available for ...

News: Recording

Bluesy cover of Leonard Cohen classic highlights eclectic new album from Australia's Joanna Melas

January 2, 2012

It takes a certain amount of courage to cover a Leonard Cohen song. Doing it successfully is another matter. However, Australian singer Joanna Melas manages to accomplish the nearly impossible, offering a rendition of Cohen's timeless “First We Take Manhattan" that can actually stand on its own. Cohen's original version is a masterpiece of cinematic moodiness ...

News: Recording

Leonard Cohen: New Track, New Album Details

November 23, 2011

NEW ALBUM OLD IDEAS OUT JAN. 31, 2012 ON COLUMBIA RECORDS Old Ideas, a new album by Leonard Cohen, will be released by Columbia Records on January 31, 2012. The album's ten songs poetically address some of the most profound quandaries of human existence—the relationship to a transcendent being, love, sexuality, loss and death. Arguably the ...

News: Recording

Leonard Cohen: New Album in 2012

October 21, 2011

NEW ALBUM OLD IDEAS TO BE RELEASED IN 2012 Leonard Cohen has revealed plans to release a new album next year, tentatively titled Old Ideas, Reuters reports. The legendary singer/songwriter let slip the news while speaking to reporters in Oviedo, Spain, where he was on hand to accept the Principe de Asturias Prize for his poetry. ...

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News: Recording

Isaac Allen Releases "Don't Smoke"

May 12, 2011

It is hard to keep in mind that Mr. Isaac Allen is only twenty-four years young when listening to the tracks of heartache, addiction, death row, and back alleys that compose his brilliantly honest debut—Don't Smoke. Don't Smoke shows Allen's lyrical talents, melding of jazz and blues in day when artists of this type are teetering ...

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News: Recording

Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy "Singing in the Dark"

September 13, 2010

A Voice in the Night, A Light in the Wilderness: Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy on Singing in the Dark Singer Susan McKeown has met the mad king forced to dwell with the birds in the treetops, and the witchy women and crazy ladies tearing through the night. Longing to counterbalance the persistent stigma ...

News: Performance / Tour

Leonard Cohen: Final Tour Dates

September 8, 2010

WORLD TOUR CONCLUDES WITH INTIMATE DECEMBER SHOWS Leonard Cohen's current world tour will be extended with four North American performances at intimate, 3,000-capacity venues before coming to a close in December. An extended pre-sale window for fans will be available beginning September 7 at 10:00 AM and extending through September 24 at 10:00 PM at www.leonardcohenfiles.com. ...

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News: TV / Film

Debut Theatrical Screenings of Leonard Cohen's "Songs from the Road"

September 7, 2010

Emerging Pictures and Legacy Recordings have joined forces to present the US theatrical premiere of Leonard Cohen's Songs From The Road, a concert film comprised of a dozen exceptional performances, each taken from a different city along Cohen's highly-acclaimed 2008/2009 concert tour. Following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia artist in 2007 and ...