The NewsHour's poetry series looks at iconic writer and poet Leonard Cohen who discusses the difference between writing a song and a poem, and explains why "Out of the thousands who are known or want ...

This cover image released by Columbia/Legacy shows "Thanks for the Dance" by Leonard Cohen. (Columbia/Legacy via AP) Leonard Cohen, “Thanks for the Dance” (Columbia/Legacy Recordings) Leonard Cohen’s ...

On Friday, February 28, fans of the beloved musician and poetic force Leonard Cohen will have the rare opportunity to bid on a piece of the artist’s personal collection when a new auction begins at 10 ...

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Now 82, Cohen has a new album, You Want It Darker, with songs that wrestle with mortality, question God and long for transcendence. Originally... Leonard Cohen On Poetry, Music And Why He Left The Zen ...

The San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival - A Celebration of Leonard's Words and Music - Night #1: November 8th, Doors 7pm - Show 8pm This show is partially seated, 21+. Seating is first-come, ...

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Marcia Pally’s From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen. It has been edited for length and style. “If ...

The musician and poet released “You Want It Darker” 19 days before his death in 2016. His son, Adam, finished more songs from those sessions for a posthumous album. By Lindsay Zoladz The last time ...

Leonard Cohen’s last album, released just weeks before he passed in 2016, was “You Want It Darker,” which had a sense of finality that made it a fine conclusion to his brilliant musical career.

“I was always working steady/But I never called it art.” The title track could be a sequel to “Take This Waltz,” a 1980s song with lyrics Cohen adopted from a poem by Federico García Lorca. Here the ...

Leonard Cohen, 'œThanks for the Dance'ť (Columbia/Legacy Recordings) Leonard Cohen's last album, released just weeks before he passed in 2016, was 'œYou Want It Darker,'ť which had a sense of finality ...