By the time this music library is complete, almost all of the songs on Leonard Cohen’s last record, You Want It Darker, will have featured here. That goes to tell you what I think of this record. It was recorded…
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Traveling Light (2016) – Leonard Cohen
In the introduction to today’s song in the video below, an older Leonard Cohen sits outside on a front patio, smoking a cigarette. He says, “I feel a lot stronger, but I am actually a lot weaker,” which is quite…
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…
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…
If I Didn’t Have Your Love (2016) – Leonard Cohen
If I Didn’t Have Your Love is the first song to appear here from Leonard Cohen’s final album You Want It Darker. When this album came out, I was enchanted by it. I wrote in the Dylan forum Expecting Rain…
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