How I have been champing at the bit to write about this spiritual anthem and finally it has arrived in alphabetical cadence. It titled an earlier post ‘Leonard Cohen’s ‘Come Healing’ and 5 other contemporary spiritual masterpieces‘. There are scant singer-songwriters…
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Closing Time (1992) – Leonard Cohen
Closing Time is the second song to feature on the music library project from Cohen’s critically acclaimed The Future album. The other song already discussed was Anthem. The Future was the ninth album written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and…
Chelsea Hotel (1974) – Leonard Cohen
(Reader discretion is advised)This is Leonard Cohen’s musical attempt of ‘Sex! Now I have your attention.’ Well, not really, but kind of. This infamous song of Leonard’s escapades with Janis Joplin at the Chelsea Hotel will be the discussion of…
Bird on the Wire (1969) – Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire is a song by Leonard Cohen from his 1969 album Songs From a Room. It is one of my favourite early Cohen songs and one of his signature tracks. Leonard was living on an island called…
Anthem (1992) – Leonard Cohen
This is the 4th song from Leonard Cohen in this music library project – that’s surprising considering we have only just past the halfway point of ‘A’s in the alphabetical order listing. Anthem from his 1992 album The Future is…
Alexandra Leaving – Leonard Cohen
Alexandra Leaving is the third song from Leonard Cohen in the music library project and is the seventh song on his 2001 record Ten New Songs. Alexandra Leaving is based on “The God Abandons Antony“, a poem by Constantine P.…
Ain’t No Cure For Love – Leonard Cohen
I would class Ain’t No Cure for Love as a top tier Leonard Cohen song. Unlike the first song of his presented from the library, the restrained and melancholic A Thousand Kisses Deep I would highly recommend anyone unfamiliar with…
A Thousand Kisses Deep – Leonard Cohen
Today’s song A Thousand’s Kisses Deep is the first song to appear in the music library from Canadian poet and singer /songerwriter Leonard Cohen. This moody atmospheric track about a downcast lover talking to the tattered memories of a faded…
Leonard Cohen’s ‘Come Healing’ and 5 other contemporary spiritual masterpieces
As far as musical sub-genres go, contemporary-spiritual music doesn’t get its just-deserts! Heck, we might have got into the weeds professing our love for folk-rock and alternative seattle music, but when did you ever hear people spout on about ‘contemporary-spiritual…
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