When Leonard Cohen died on November 7, 2016, he’d recently declared that Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize for literature was like “pinning a medal on Mount Everest” – but it could just as easily ...
In 1984 — the same year that Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna ruled the pop charts with “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Purple Rain” and “Like a Virgin,” respectively — there was another classic that ...
While I don’t frequently acknowledge that “Hallelujah” is not my favorite song by Leonard Cohen — such an opinion can get me into a lot of trouble with my more ascetic colleagues — I do freely admit ...
There are hit songs, tracks by artists that play incessantly on the radio for months at a time before being relegated to the bargain bin. Then, there are songs that win awards, that get polite nods of ...
The prolific songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. While all of Cohen's work is critically acclaimed, including the album "You Want it Darker," released just three weeks ago, his ...
Rufus Wainwright is not OK with his song "Hallelujah" being played at a Donald Trump rally. In a statement shared to social media on Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Canadian-American singer and songwriter, 51, ...
Things are getting down to the wire on the"American Idol" stage. Last night, the remaining three contestants had two songs to perform -- one they picked themselves, and one the judges picked for them.
Leonard’s Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” is an anthem for people who are spiritual, secular, skeptical, romantic, and heartbroken. Now it’s one of the most recognizable songs, but it was a flop upon ...
Tyler Childers and his band The Food Stamps have announced a new album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, due September 30 via Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records (pre-order). It’s broken up into three ...