Leonard Cohen announces world tour
In support of his newest Old Ideas LP, 77-year-old poet and singer Leonard Cohen has announced dates for a world tour. The North American leg kicks off in Austin, TX on October 31 and ends in New York City in mid-December. The legendary scribe will set foot on home soil when he plays two shows...
Cults cover Leonard Cohen classic
In an appropriately moody manner – while successfully avoiding drear – indie heroes Cults employ ascending keyboards and dramatics vocals in an inspired interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s Everybody Knows. The band performed the track as part of an ongoing series called, Old Ideas With New Friends, celebrating Cohen’s new LP, Old Ideas – his first...
Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas
“I’d love to speak with Leonard/he’s a sportsman and a shepherd/he’s a lazy bastard living in a suit. But he does say what I tell him/even though it is unwelcome.” So begins Going Home, the first song on Leonard Cohen’s 12th studio album and first in eight years. It serves as something of an artist...
Louise Burns (pt 2): Getting back in touch with her musical roots
British Columbia’s Louise Burns was just 11 years old when her band Tigerlily was signed to Madonna’s Maverick Records in 2003. Renamed Lillix and meticulously repackaged, Burns found that she’d assumed a role that had little to do with her true love of rock, and eventually quit in 2006. Studying at university by day and...
Sam Roberts (pt 1): Finding inspiration in all the right places
Juno award-winner Sam Roberts knows to take inspiration from whatever comes his way: at home with his three young children, on long walks through his hometown of Montreal, or in strange dreams featuring Leonard Cohen. As a result, he’s enjoyed 11 years as a professional musician, recorded five LPs, and released one of the bestselling...
