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One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep begin
Welcome, welcome, cries a voice
Let all my guests come in
Part of "The Guests"
by Leonard Cohen
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Welcome to The Leonard Cohen Files - a tribute to the music and poetry of the Canadian singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen.
Guide to The Files
Index to all 1000 pages
Chatroom - always open
Message Board for our visitors!
Latest News, Events, Radio and TV
Gallery of Beautiful Losers (updated Sept 30)
Covers of Leonard's songs (1506 songs; updated June 27)
Photo © by Christof Graf. Animation by Michael Arzab.
More credits and useful addresses on the "Authors" page
The site was launched on September 3, 1995. This front page
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Webmaster of The Files: Jarkko Arjatsalo, Finland
Technical advisor: Rauli Arjatsalo
The unpublished poems, drawings,
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on The Blackening Pages
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The webmaster also appreciates
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Emails to his management should be sent to: rkory@rbklaw.com
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LATEST UPDATES:
Concerts of the World Tour -the updated schedule with links to photos and reports! Now also advance (not yet confirmed) information about some of the fall concerts in Germany and France! (July 7)
Montreal, June 23-25 Leonard's Montreal concert and the Tribute documented by Bill Brownstein and Alan LaCroix (July 6)
1506 cover songs The magical number of cover versions now overtaken, thanks to Anne Riise's new findings (June 27)
The 2008 Tour Band & Crew - Introduction to the Tour Band (with brand new photos) the Tour Crew (June 22)
Manchester, June 17-20 - Review by Adrian Challis, and more photos (June 21)
Manchester, June 17-20 - Photo report from the Opera House (June 21)
Dublin, June 13-15 - The first open air concert of the tour. Photos by Michael Stamp and Derek Fahy (Jun 15)
Toronto, June 6-9 - Photos by Ken Kurzweil, texts by Linda straub and Joe Way (Jun 13)
Saguenay, May 30-31 - Photo report by Richard Groulx (Jun 4)
Will Taylor & Strings Attached - "Songs of Leonard Cohen Live", a new tribute album - in digital format (May 24)
Glace Bay, May 20-21 - Photo report by Chad Aucoin (May 23)
Charlottetown, May 18 - Photo report by Chris Payne (May 19)
"...and the band is really happening..." - – what’s going down up on stage, by Steve Wilcox. Now updated with photos by Chris Payne (May 19)
Concert photos from Halifax - photos by Pawel Dmochowski (May 14)
The first Concert in Fredericton - a special report by Steve Wilcox + first photos! (May 12)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - a new tribute album by the Swedish vocalist Lena Måndotter (in English) (May 6)
Tour rehearsals - photos shot by Lorca Cohen (Apr 23)
Conspiracy of Beards - the SF based male choir has released its debut album of Cohen songs (Apr 1)
Gallery of Magazine covers: Page 1: 1960's and 70's -
Page 2: 1980's and 90's - Page 3: 2000-. Almost 80 magazine covers in the new Gallery created by Dominique Boile, Maarten Massa & Jarkko Arjatsalo.
Contribute with a new magazine and win a rare CD inscribed to you by Leonard (more about this on the first Gallery page). (Mar 28)
The Leonard Cohen Event in Edmonton - Schedule of our Event at the end of July (Mar 19)
Small collectibles - postcards, stickers and other collectibles from Dominique Boile's collection (Mar 2)
Feast of Cohen Live - A new Canadian tribute album recorded live in Newfoundland (Feb 3)
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