Sisters of Mercy is a gentle, poetic ballad from Cohen’s 1967 debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen. It’s the second song to feature here from the record after his previous entry – Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye. Cohen…
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Show Me The Place (2012) – Leonard Cohen
Show me the place where the Word became a manShow me the place where the suffering began Leonard Cohen has crafted some of the finest modern spiritual songs, and today’s featured track, Show Me the Place, stands among the best…
Samson In New Orleans (2014) – Leonard Cohen
Samson In New Orleans is the third song to be presented here so far from Leonard Cohen’s 2014 album Popular Problems. It stands as a poignant, elegiac piece, embodying both personal and collective grief and is peppered with arcane religious…
I Can’t Forget (1988) – Leonard Cohen
I can’t forget that I miss you Leonard… Leonard Cohen’s 1988 album I’m Your Man is a magnificent album. I would highly recommend anyone unfamiliar with Leonard’s music to try it on for size because it bottles everything he is…
On the Level (2016) – Leonard Cohen
Cohen’s voice is front and centre on his 14th and final album You Want It Darker released on October 21, 2016, 17 days before his passing. Musically, the album is “a little bit more sparse and acoustic” compared to his…
Neighborhood Bully (1983) – Bob Dylan
I was remarking of Dylan’s nasty curve ball with the track – Lenny Bruce on the Christian record – Shot of Love; it’s just like what he did with today’s track Neighborhood Bully on the 1983 Infidels secular record. As I wrote…
My Oh My (2014) – Leonard Cohen
This blues track My Oh My is the second song presented here from Leonard Cohen’s thirteenth studio album album Popular Problems (2014). The previous entry was Did I Ever Love You. Popular Problems flies by, with only nine songs in 36…
Lullaby (2012) – Leonard Cohen
This is the fourth song to be presented from Leonard Cohen’s 2012 album Old Ideas. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist and is back to entertain us again. This becalmed meditation of surrender is…
Love Itself (2001) – Leonard Cohen
Love Itself is the fourth song to appear here from Leonard Cohen’s tenth studio album Ten New Songs. It staggers me the sheer quantity of excellent music Leonard realised post 2000s. Of the 21 songs already posted here by Cohen,…
Leaving The Table (2016) – Leonard Cohen
Who’s up for a sip of Vintage Penfold’s Grange Wine? The computer says ‘no’. Alrighty then. What a relief, because I haven’t got any in any wine cellar. But I have got one of the greatest ‘vintage’ singer-songwriters in contemporary…
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