“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 ...

Like the blind men of lore groping to understand an elephant by focusing on a tail or a tusk or an ear, filmmakers have tended to approach the late singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen ...

The new documentary HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG is a double biography of sorts, of beloved Canadian-Jewish songwriter/singer Leonard Cohen, who has had a cult-like following, ...

Leonard’s Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” is an anthem for people who are spiritual, secular, skeptical, romantic, and heartbroken. Now it’s one of the most recognizable songs, but it was a flop upon ...

In June 1984, at New York’s Quadrasonic Sound studios, Leonard Cohen laid down a song he’d spent years writing. “Hallelujah” would eventually join the pantheon of contemporary popular music; at the ...

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 ...

For music nerds of sufficient intensity, there’s not much on this earth as fun as getting obsessed with a particular song. I recently spent an entire weekend digging into the Beatles’ B-side classic ...

It’s not every day you hear Abraham’s Hebrew words to God while watching TV — particularly not after sequences where waifish movie stars commit grisly murders. And yet, “You Want It Darker,” the ...

Very few songs have acquired as much staying power and widespread appeal as Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Covered by several iconic artists such as Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley, and with imagery and ...

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is an insightful look at the legendary performer and songwriter through the lens of one of his most successful and often covered songs, Hallelujah. When it ...

Leonard Cohen’s rich legacy of poetry, fiction and songs is the subject of many articles and essays, analyzing his complex ideas and life. But many remain unaware of the Canadian songwriter’s ...