Cohen, Leonard

Leonard Cohen’s intimate, emotion-charged live performances yielded the 1973 release Live Songs, which mixes a handful of previously recorded favorites with several new songs, including “Passing Thru,” “Tonight Will Be Fine” and the harrowing, rarely-performed 13-minute epic “Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace).”By the time Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the...

1974’s New Skin for the Old Ceremony saw Leonard Cohen taking a turn away from the spare sound of his earlier releases, with such numbers as “Chelsea Hotel #2,” “There Is a War” and “A Singer Must Die” featuringexpanded instrumental arrangements and some of the most expressive vocal performances of Cohen’s career.By the time Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the...

Cohen’s sophomore effort Songs from a Room (recorded with producer Bob Johnston, renowned for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, the Byrds and Simon and Garfunkel) was a worthy follow-up, boasting such enduring compositions as “Bird on the Wire,” “Story of Isaac” and “A Bunch of LonesomeHeros.”By the time Leonard Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the era’s most...

1967’s Songs of Leonard Cohen is one of the decade’s most audacious debut albums, with producer John Simon’s artful arrangements animating such haunting Cohen standards as “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy” and “So Long, Marianne.”By the time Leonard Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the era’s most original and...

With 1971’s Songs of Love and Hate, Cohen delivered one of his most emotionally intense sets, with such memorable numbers as“Avalanche,” “Famous Blue Raincoat” and “Joan of Arc” ranking with his greatest compositions.By the time Leonard Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the era’s most original and influential singer-songwriters, building a large and legendary body...