Recent blog posts about Leonard Cohen from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/leonardcohen/ 2013-05-25T13:44:08+01:00 text/html 2013-05-23T11:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4966370/booze-blues-10-great-drinking-songs/
One of the most unfortunate injustices of life is how the things that offer the most pleasure, if only fleetingly, often do so much damage. No wonder the words "guilty" and "pleasure" get along so well. That goes double (preferably of vodka, or tequila) for drinking, a seemingly endless fountain of pleasure the night of and torturous hell the morning after. Thankfully, the simple pleasures of drinking songs are healthier, and they can continue indefinitely, as long as you want to press "repeat." Country music would dominate any list of the best ones (and where else could [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-20T16:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4960414/the-50-albums-everyone-needs-to-own-1963-2013/
No one buys albums anymore, goes the music industry truism. And yet, for all that the format's commercial viability may or may not be on the wane, sitting and listening to a great album from start to finish is one of the greatest pleasures that music can bring. Flavorwire recently got to thinking about how one might build a record collection if you really only did buy one record a year. So here's the result of our thought exercise: 50 albums you really should own, one a year from 1963 until the present day. Yes, of course this mean things [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-08T17:36:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4939400/una-emotiva-y-delicada-noche-a-cargo-de-rufus-wainwright/
Rufus Wainwright se present la noche del martes 7 de mayo en el Auditorio Blackberry / Foto: Diego Figueroa La presentacin de Wainwright comenz con la cancin "The Art Teacher", seguida de "This Love Affair", "Matinee Idol" y "Vibrate" / Foto: Diego Figueroa Otras canciones que present el msico acompaado de su piano fueron "Jericho", "Who Are You New York", "Martha", "California" y "Montauk" / Foto: Diego Figueroa [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-08T01:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4937772/phil-spector-reencarna-en-al-pacino/
Todo esto viene a colacin por una pelcula que hizo HBO, cuya interpretacin del msico corre a cargo de Al Pacino, quien magistralmente encarna los momentos ms difciles del compositor. La pelcula se estren el pasado 5 de mayo y va en torno a la historia del asesinato que cometi en el ao 2003 hacia la actriz de pelculas de clase B Lana Clarkson, la cual apareci en la casa de Phil Spector muerta por un balazo en la cabeza]]> text/html 2013-05-07T19:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4937187/small-feet-liar-behind-the-sun-ep/
I mange r kmpede Simon Stlhamremed mindrevrdskomplekser og turde ikke vise sine sange frem for omverdenen. Det ndrede sig, da han en dag mdteJacob Snavely, som overtalte ham til at tage sine sange serist. Kort efter komChristopher Cantillo til og de dannede Small Feet. Lad mig sl fast med det samme, atSimon Stlhamre godt kan pakke sine mindrevrdskomplekser langt vk! Han besidder et benlyst sangskrivertalent og formr med sin stemme, at ramme en r rlighed og naivitet, som kun f kan. Sammenligningen med Daniel Johnston ligger lige for, men man kan ogs sagtens mrkeStlhamres krlighed til Neil Young [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-28T11:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4919414/interview-the-veils-its-healthy-to-have-to-struggle/
Its really good to make use of your time and to put all emphasis and I guess thats passion, all your focus, on right now." Based in London, THE VEILS have been around since 2001. Time Stays, We Go, their fourth full length, is about to get released these days. The son of XTC keyboardist The post Interview: The Veils - "Its healthy to have to struggle" appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .]]> text/html 2013-04-24T15:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4912485/leonard-cohen-is-not-justin-bieber-thank-god-for/
By now most people have seen that Leonard Cohen was awarded Artist of the Year at this years Juno Awards, beating out Carly Rae Jepsen, deadmau5, and most importantly, the almighty Justin Bieber. Of course, immediately following the award came ... Continue reading ’ The post Leonard Cohen is not Justin Bieber. Thank God for That. appeared first on Your Music Is Awful.com .]]> text/html 2013-04-23T19:47:56+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4910513/bahamas-afie-jurvanen-loses-to-leonard-cohen-at-the-juno/
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Awards , Music Appreciation Canvas Media For Bahamas "it's nice to be nominated" isn't just a press platitude. It actually really was nice to be nominated -- particularly where the prestigious Songwriter of the Year category at the Juno Awards was concerned. "I think that's kind of the big one," Bahamas, known on his ID as Afie Jurvanen, told Spinner during a one-on-one [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-23T15:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4909963/nicolas-jaar-and-sasha-spielberg-avalanche-leonard-cohen-cover/
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: James Blake, Gang Colours Song: Just Friends (Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg) - Avalanche [download here ] What's so good? [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T18:52:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4908053/leonard-cohen-es-nombrado-artista-del-ao-en-canad/
El ao pasado Leonard Cohen regres despus de aos de ausencia musical con un disco que est entre los mejores del 2012 . Adems de los elogios por el nuevo material, Cohen ahora recibi un gran reconocimiento formal al ser elegido artista del ao en Canad. En la ltima edicin de los premios Juno el premio ms importante de Canad Cohen recibi el mayor reconocimiento y se alz por encima de Justin Bieber [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T18:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4908062/leonard-cohen-es-el-mejor-artista-del-ao-en-los/
Leonard Cohen es el 'Mejor Artista del Ao' en los JUNO Awards Han sido unos meses difciles para los llamados ' Beliebers ' y anoche fue la culminacin de sus propios males. En los JUNO Awards - los Grammys canadienses - Leonard Cohen se llev el premio al 'Mejor Artista del Ao' superando a Justin Bieber , Carly Rae Jepsen , y deadmau5 . Por supuesto, esto fue motivo para que los fans de Bieber despotricaran contra Cohen de [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T14:52:31+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4907328/junos-2013-leonard-cohen-metric-grimes-the-weeknd-drake-carly/
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Awards CARAS The Juno Awards catch a lot of heat for being too predictable and too mainstream, but this year's slate of nominations -- and several of Saturday and Sunday's wins in Regina, Saskatchewan -- were yet more proof that Canada's Grammys are slowly getting their ear to the ground. Plus, you gotta a love a year in which Nickelback [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T09:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4906872/leonard-cohen-the-weeknd-grimes-and-more-win-at-canadas/
Leonard Cohen took home the top prize at this weekend's JUNO Awards , beating Justin Bieber , Carly Rae Jepsen and more to 'Artist of the Year'. The ceremony, regarded as Canada's Grammy Awards, also handed accolades to Grimes for 'Electronic Album of the Year', Metric for 'Alternative Album of the Year' and The Weeknd for both 'Breakthrough Artist of the Year' and 'R&B/Soul Recording of the Year'. Of course, Cohen's feat annoyed many 'Beliebers' online , bringing on [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-21T17:26:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4905938/leonard-cohen-and-not-justin-bieber-is-canadas-artist-of/
It's been a tough few months for the Beliebers, and last night it didn't getting any better. At the JUNO Awards - which is Canada's equivalent to the Grammys - Leonard Cohen topped Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, and deadmau5 to win the award for Artist of the Year. Here's the obligatory linking to absurd tweets made by Bieber fans in the aftermath of his heartbreaking, totally unfair defeat. who the fuck is Leonard Cohen — Cara (@JustinsCarebear) April 21, 2013 [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-21T03:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4905417/just-friends-avalanche-12-remixes-by-julia-holter/
Our second Record Store Day -related Nicolas Jaar post of the weekend: Jaar + Sasha Spielberg 's collaborative covers project Just Friends quietly dropped a RSD-exclusive, possibly Germany-only 123 for one of our favorite songs of 2012 - their ghostly cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" - backed with remixes by Julia Holter and Shlohmo . Released on Jaar's own clown & sunset imprint, you can check Just Friends' original version below, and listen to previews of both the Holter and [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-20T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4904923/a-selection-of-420-songs-to-soundtrack-420/
Last week, we amused ourselves with a thought experiment that was doing the rounds on Tumblr marking 4/11 by picking out the best songs in our iTunes library that were precisely four minutes and 11 seconds long. It turned out that there were heaps, and the idea got us thinking: when better to do something similar than 4/20? So we thought we'd limit ourselves to making our annual stoner mixtape for today out of songs that are precisely four minutes and 20 seconds long. (Disclaimer: these songs are all 4:20 on our iTunes [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-19T13:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4902954/video-premiere-summer-wine-by-lana-del-rey/
Lana Del Rey has released yet another single that doesn't seem to fit anywhere. "Summer Wine" is a little ditty created with her now-boyfriend. It's a new sound really to her and it's not bad at all. The video is made in signature Lana Del Rey handheld honeymoon style. Related articles Lana Del Rey & Her Real Life BF Sparkle In Summer Wine! Drink It Up HERE! (perezhilton.com) [new video] Lana Del Rey - "Summer Wine" (doodledandy.net) [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-15T20:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4893966/the-fascinating-untold-stories-behind-some-of-our-favorite-songs/
Sure, everyone knows that Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" is about about his son falling from a window, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" may or may not be about Warren Beatty, and "In the Air Tonight" is not about watching someone drown. But there are plenty of other less well-documented backstories behind popular songs like the one that surfaced over the weekend about The Beatles' "Get Back" starting its life as a dubious satire called "No Pakistanis." Wisely, the band rewrote the lyrics before releasing the song, but it remains a pretty fascinating piece of history, and our [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-10T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4883507/video-suzanne-live-by-leonard-cohen/
HD Video by G. The following is why you should see Leonard Cohen every chance you get. He's beyond amazing. Listen to the gorgeous lyrics of "Suzanne" and maybe Leonard will touch your perfect body with his words... This video is from Radio City Music Hall on April 6, 2013 . Enjoy! [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-09T09:42:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4880305/the-g-man-interview-rachel-zeffira/
"I am heavily biased towards Irish artists, athletes, authors...I'll defend Enya and Martin O'Neill like they're family members!" The G-Man chats with the multi-talented Rachel Zeffira ahead of her upcoming Irish dates... Canadian composer, opera singer and now indie starlet, Rachel Zeffira has been busy since she was accidentally deported a few years back. The moronic mistake by English customs may have caused heartbreak at the time ( Zeffira was in London to sing soprano at a [...]]]>