Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld: 10 life lessons I learned from Leonard Cohen
Aaron Kemp
January 10, 2017
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Being Leonard Cohen’s rabbi
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
November 16, 2016
I last saw Leonard Cohen a few months ago. He had asked me to come to his place. After brief pleasantries, he said to me, “Reb, I am getting ready to shuffle off this mortal coil. I have some questions for you.”
Music historian catalogues Leonard Cohen’s musical history
Kirk Silsbee
October 15, 2014
Like many of us, author Harvey Kubernik first heard Leonard Cohen through his interpreters.
Leonard Cohen won’t perform on High Holidays
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
If you were surprised by just how early the high holidays are this year, you’re in good company.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: Nov. 3-9, 2012
Ryan Torok
November 1, 2012
The legendary entertainer and eight-time Grammy winner brings Broadway to the Bowl for two nights, concluding a tour of the United States and Canada in support of her new album, “Release Me,” a collection of previously unreleased songs. Streisand performs crowd-pleasing hits that span her entire career, including “The Way We Were,” an homage to the late Marvin Hamlisch, and sings duets with son Jason Gould, half-sister Roslyn Kind and more. Pop-jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and Italian operatic trio ll Volo also appear. Fri. 8 p.m. Nov 11. 7:30 p.m. $70.50-$756.50. Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. (323) 850-2000. hollywoodbowl.com.
Leonard Cohen: A troubadour’s journey
Jonathan Kirsch
September 19, 2012
Among the most-played songs in my iTunes library are four immortal (and often-covered) compositions by Leonard Cohen: “Sisters of Mercy,” “Bird on a Wire,” “Hallelujah” and, of course, “Suzanne.” Significantly, “Hallejujah” is a meditation on the “sweet singer of Israel,” King David, although Cohen himself is, famously, a Buddhist monk and, not so famously, a former student of Scientology with a “Senior Dianetic, Grade IV Release” to show for it.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: Apr. 7-13, 2012
Ryan Torok
April 4, 2012
Actor-comedian Jeff Garlin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), who played studio executive Mort Meyers on “Arrested Development,” welcomes series creator and executive producer Mitch Hurwitz to the “Jeff Garlin in Conversation With …” series at the Largo. With a new season of “Arrested Development” slated to air on Netflix in 2013, followed by a feature film, you can bet questions will fly about the Bluth dysfunctional family reunion.
Crooners celebrate Canuckia’s Cohen and a first for our very own Greenberg
Keren Engelberg
February 23, 2007
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Leonard Cohen Film Toasts Songwriter
Steven Rosen
January 19, 2006
Cohen became first an accomplished poet and then, starting with 1967\’s \”Songs of Leonard Cohen\” (which contained the oft-recorded \”Suzanne\”) a singer-songwriter. According to Ira Nader\’s Cohen biography, \”Various Positions,\” Cohen\’s Judaism has influenced his songs greatly — \”Who By Fire\” is based on the melody of a Yom Kippur prayer, \”Mi Bamayim, Mi Ba Esh,\” and \”If It Be Your Will\” is derived from a \”Kol Nidre\” phrase.
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