Leonard Cohen wowed an adoring audience Thursday night, crooning his iconic ballads at his first show in Israel in 30 years and ignoring a political storm over his appearance. The 75-year-old singer... More »
Singer Leonard Cohen is expected to return to the stage on Monday after he collapsed during a concert in Spain on Friday and was rushed to hospital. The Canadian, who turns 75 on Monday, was halfway... More »
Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday. The veteran poet and performer has been released from hospital after suffering from... More »
Tickets for a Leonard Cohen concert to benefit Palestinian and Israeli peace groups sold out in less than a day, an Israeli ticket agent said Sunday. The 47,000 tickets for the Sept. 24 concert at a... More »
Leonard Cohen played his first U.S. concert in 15 years, returning with a two-set, six-encore, three-hour long performance that the singer called a memorable evening. The 74-year-old Montreal-born singer... More »
It s one way to celebrate your 74th birthday open your Fall Tour before 10,000 enthusiastic fans. Leonard Cohen sung hits such as Dance Me to the End of Love, and In My Secret Life in a three-... More »
Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years. Cohen, who played favorite old songs Suzanne and the much-covered Hallelujah, as well as the lesser... More »
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen unveiled plans on Tuesday for his first tour in 15 years, starting in Toronto on June 6. The announcement comes a day after the gravel-voiced performer was inducted... More »
Bossa nova has been in Luciana Souza's blood since she was a child growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the early '60s as the daughter of two of its innovators, Walter Santos and Tereza Sousa.... More »
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, Ballad of the Broken Seas (V2) Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan the former cellist/vocalist of Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian and the former frontman... More »
A week after his 70th birthday, Leonard Cohen will release a new album, Dear Heather, on Sept. 28, his first studio recording since 2001 s acclaimed Ten New Songs. The new Columbia Records set will... More »
The American Film Institute s upcoming TV special focuses on movie songs. John Travolta hosts AFI s 100 Years ... 100 Songs: America s Greatest Music in the Movies, airing June 22 on CBS. The designated... More »
In celebration of the upcoming 30th anniversary of its recording, Bob Dylan s landmark album Blood on the Tracks will be feted with a live rendering in New York on June 29. The event, at Merkin Hall... More »
After more than 15 years on Warner Bros. Records, k.d. lang is switching to Nonesuch Records. Her first release for Nonesuch will be Hymns of the 49th Parallel, out July 27. On the album, lang covers... More »
Eight years after the release of her critically acclaimed Atlantic debut, Dreamland, jazz singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux has teamed with Rounder Records for her second release. Drawing comparisons... More »
I signed an original, says Bruce Lundvall, president/CEO of EMI Jazz & Classics. It was just that simple. He s talking about Norah Jones , whose sophomore album, Feels Like Home on Blue Note Records,... More »
(11/12/98, 12 p.m. PST) - Milk & Honey Films, a music video production company based in Los Angeles, has announced that the first feature project for its new longform division, Milk & Honey Pictures,... More »
(3/30/98) - Buzz magazine called singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen a shaven-headed ascetic in its latest issue, noting he s given up the trappings of stardom--including gal pal Rebecca De Mornay--for life... More »