Leonard Cohen was a famous Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet born in 1934 in Montreal. He loved writing from a young age and started with poetry before becoming a musician. His songs are known for ...

Leonard Cohen, a Canadian poet-turned-musician, was basically our generation’s songwriter-philosopher who could turn life’s darkest moments into beautiful poetry. He gave us songs that spoke to the ...

Leonard Cohen's Various Positions album was released in 1984 and with it came the song "Hallelujah." The song, though, initially went unnoticed until years later, when it was popularized by ...

From weddings and funerals, to popular TV shows like The O.C. and movies like Shrek, the late Canadian musician Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” is one of the most popular pieces of music in the ...

“Hallelujah” continued making inroads into other genres of music. Country stars LeAnn Rimes, Brett Young, and Wynonna all performed the song. The night after Leonard Cohen’s death was announced, Keith ...

The Jewish singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has been mischievously dubbed “the poet laureate of pessimism” and “the godfather of gloom.” He does not write the kind of songs guaranteed to get a party ...

Two years ago, a Manhattan-based band called Cloverton posted a new rendition of Leonard Cohen’s classic song “Hallelujah.” While Cohen’s hit has been covered countless times, Cloverton’s rendition, ...

In 1984 — the same year that Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna ruled the pop charts with “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Purple Rain” and “Like a Virgin,” respectively — there was another classic that ...