Leonard cohen songs

"Beneath My Hands" ~ Leonard Cohen

Singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen’s third studio album Songs of Love and Hate produced by Bob Johnston was released by Columbia Records (now Sony Music) on March 19, 1971. Johnston’s sparse production displays Cohen’s voice and guitar guiding his stories augmented by a slew of top notch musicians including Charlie Daniels, Ron Cornelius, Elkin “Bubba”

Is Leonard Cohen the greatest songwriter who ever lived? Maybe. But either way, he may have written the greatest song of all time—the song covered by so many but never duplicated, "Hallelujah." With that one tune, which took Cohen years and years to perfect, he cemented his status as an all-time lyricist and composer.

Leonard Cohen // "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

Leonard Cohen -- the revered singer/songwriter whose "Hallelujah" was one of the most covered songs in modern music history -- has died at age 82, it was announced Thursday night (Nov. 10). Cohen's fellow musicians and celebrity admirers flooded social media to share their favorite songs and mourn the loss of a musical genius.

What is it about the once virtually unknown song that inspires so many musicians to make it their own?

How Leonard Cohen Found His Voice (From Asturia Award speech)

Leonard Cohen / New Yorker magazine