Filed under: Exclusive , Count Five AP Photo, Mark Humphrey With a career that spans four decades, 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris is the reigning queen of American roots music. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, her blood runs as red as Alabama clay, but this Southern belle feels a deep connection with the Great White North. A frequent and renowned interpreter of others' songs, Harris has lent her remarkable voice to tunes by Canadian [...]
If you're bummed about Leonard Cohen 's two-year tour ending in Cambodia this November, then fret no more. The 75-year-old master wordsmith/coolest old guy ever has added four stateside dates to the tail end of his itinerary. Although east coast fans of the Canadian crooner are going to have to hop a flight to see him, the extra shows will probably be worth the investment. Jambase reports that the performances will be at "intimate, 3,000 capacity venues" and this current run of tour dates did come after 15 years of retirement. While he is planning [...]
Ayer, en el concierto de Leonard Cohen, tuve una extraña sensación de anacronismo. Allí estaba yo, viendo a ese señor que, atendiendo a la lógica, no debería estar dando conciertos a sus 75 años, menos aún teniendo en cuenta que en 1994 se retiró del mundanal ruido y se recluyó en un monasterio. Yo por aquel entonces tenía ocho años, y de Leonard Cohen tenía pocas referencias. Había por mi casa
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Something good happened today. I saw Leonard Cohen's Live in London performance of Suzanne on KOCE and I remembered that I love music. I also remembered that I once had a pretty good website about it. I'm sorry I've neglected you for so many months, Weapon!! I'm back, and promise to throw something your way at least 3 times a week, starting now: This video makes me want to kick myself in the face for not going to see Leonard Cohen when [...]
I caught Leonard Cohen in Chicago last night. It was his second night at the Chicago Theatre , and, over the course of three hours, he did not disappoint. I went in expecting to be amazed and I was. That doesn't always happen when lofty expectations are on the line. I'd forgotten what a troubadour Leonard Cohen is. His always present or just out of reach muse remains the revolving door of his creativity and mastery. Then there's faith. There's a duality in the make up of his catalog, [...]