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On March 10 Leonard Cohen was inducted
More here: Leonard Cohen - Halls of Fame blog by Yankovic |
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On March 10 Leonard Cohen was inducted
More here: Leonard Cohen - Halls of Fame blog by Yankovic |
Leonard Cohen has been living and working in Los Angeles since he left the Zen Center of Mount Baldy in Spring 1999.
You may contact his manager Mr. Robert Kory at rkory@rkmgment.com. Mailing address for all correspondence:
RK Management, LLC
9300 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 200
Beverly Hills,CA 90212
USA
Album News
Leonard Cohen's latest album Dear Heather was released world-wide in October 2004.
To mark the 40th Anniversary of Leonard Cohen's debut recording, SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC./Legacy Records has re-released his first three albums: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), Songs From A Room (1969) and Songs Of Love And Hate (1970) on April 24, 2007. Each expanded, hardcover digipak edition contains previously unreleased bonus material as well as separate newly commissioned liner notes essays written by Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis. Click here for more!
Here you can listen to "Jungle Line", a track of Herbie Hancock's new album covering songs of Joni Mitchell. This track (it starts at 51:20) features Leonard on vocals.
Book News
Leonard Cohen's recent book, Book of Longing, is a collection of previously unpublished poems and drawings, many of them written and drawn on Mount Baldy and India. 240 pages, ISBN 0771022344.
See all the editions of this book, also in other languages! Read more about the book on our special website www.bookoflonging.com
Concerts and Events
Book of Longing (concert work)
Book of Longing - Philip Glass’ original concert work based on Leonard Cohen’s first collection of poems in over 20 years. Recently nominated for an Oscar for the score to the film Notes On A Scandal, Glass will perform on keyboards with a seven-piece instrumental ensemble, four vocalists and voice-over narration by Cohen. Following its world premiere at Luminato and other concerts in USA and Europe, Book of Longing will tour in the following countries:
June 30 in Rome, Italy July 3-4, 2008 in Budapest, Hungary, at Palace of Fine Arts July 8-12, 2008, in Athens, Greece, at Badminton Theatre September 18 in Turin and 20 in Milan (both in Italy) For complete world-wide schedule, visit pomegranatearts.com.
A 2 CD set of Book of Longing including Leonard Cohen's complete poems and artwork for the project along with the entire Philip Glass score was released in 2007
A Legend in Berlin - A Fan Weekend (Berlin, October 3-5, 2008)
Leonard Cohen will give a concert in Berlin on October 4, 2008. Many German and European fans have tickets to the concert. Henning Franz is organizing a meetup for all who want to use this opportunity to meet with each other before and after the concert. For information, please go to www.tea-and-oranges.de, to get all the necessary details.
Everybody Knows - The LC Tribute (October 17 & 18 in Chester, CT)
The 2nd annual Leonard Cohen tribute to benefit the Chester Library takes place on Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18, 7:00 PM at the Chester Meeting House, 4 Liberty Street, Chester, CT. Tickets 20 $. Featured artists include: Lauren Agnelli, Dave Rave, Rodney Maxwell, Forrest Harlow, Ebin-Rose, Moving Target Jazz Band, Linda Clifford, Chris Listorti, Kierstin Sieser, Margie Warner, and the STCS Big House Band. Call Matthew at Small Town Concert Series for info: 860-526-4777 or email malematthew@comcast.net. More information at www.myspace.com/smalltownconcertseries
A Feast of Cohen (December 27 - 30 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada)
A Feast of Cohen is an annual presentation of the songs of Leonard Cohen hosted by Vicky Hynes and her diverse group of Newfoundland singers, songwriters, actors, filmmakers, writers, and musicians since 2000 every December. For mor, contact Vicky Hynes
The 2010 International Leonard Cohen Event will be in Krakow
Our Polish members have formed the organizing committee for another Leonard Cohen Event. It will take place in Krakow in Summer 2010. More details will follow after the Edmonton 2008 Event!
TV and Radio
Listen to the Anjani/Leonard duets Never got to love you and Whither Thou Goest. [Both links take you to the 1heckofaguy.com website!]
Listen to Leonard and Anjani on the BBC2 radio special
**** Listen to an interview with Leonard by Terry Gross from NPR (May 22, 2006)****
**** Listen to two interviews with Leonard and Anjani from KCRW Radio Santa Monica (June 2006)
****Listen to the CKUT Montreal tribute program on the occasion of Leonard's 70th birthday (September 21, 2004).
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