Born September 21, 1934, Leonard gave us a body of work that continues to reveal new depths with every listen. His songs carried poetry, longing, humor, spirituality, love and loss, all delivered in a voice that became unmistakably his own.
Today, we remember Leonard and celebrate the words and music he left behind, songs that continue to find their way into the lives of generations of listeners.
Photo by Marko Kulik, taken in Saguenay, Quebec, 2008.
“The only moment that you can live here comfortably in these absolutely irreconcilable conflicts is in this moment when you embrace it all and you say ‘Look, I don’t understand a f**king thing at all - Hallelujah! That’s the only moment that we live here fully as human beings.”
-Leonard Cohen in an interview with John McKenna from a two-part radio broadcast on RTE Ireland in September 1988
Photographed by Tony Russell/Redferns/Getty - at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970
I’m leaving the table I’m out of the game I don’t know the people In your picture frame If I ever loved you, oh no, no It’s a crying shame If I ever loved you If I knew your name
Rising above the streets of Montréal, Tower of Songs stands as a tribute to one of the city’s most beloved voices.
Unveiled in 2017 by artists El Mac and Gene Pendon as MU’s landmark 100th mural, it reminds us that Leonard’s connection to Montréal is woven into the city’s landscape, and its soul.
Leonard Cohen
In September 1979, Leonard Cohen released Recent Songs, his fifth studio album.
“The Traitor.” “The Smokey Life.” “The Guests.” “The Window.”
A record that found Leonard moving between love, longing, memory and faith.
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I was born like this, I had no choice.
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Leonard Cohen
September 23, 2014 brought Popular Problems, Leonard Cohen’s thirteenth studio album.
“Almost Like the Blues.” “Nevermind.” “Born in Chains.” “You Got Me Singing.”
Which song do you return to most?
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Leonard Cohen
Happy birthday, Leonard Cohen.
Born September 21, 1934, Leonard gave us a body of work that continues to reveal new depths with every listen. His songs carried poetry, longing, humor, spirituality, love and loss, all delivered in a voice that became unmistakably his own.
Today, we remember Leonard and celebrate the words and music he left behind, songs that continue to find their way into the lives of generations of listeners.
Photo by Marko Kulik, taken in Saguenay, Quebec, 2008.
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Leonard Cohen
On this day in 2010, Songs from the Road was released.
Leonard Cohen, live on stage, surrounded by the songs that had traveled with him for decades.
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Leonard Cohen
“The only moment that you can live here comfortably in these absolutely irreconcilable conflicts is in this moment when you embrace it all and you say ‘Look, I don’t understand a f**king thing at all - Hallelujah! That’s the only moment that we live here fully as human beings.”
-Leonard Cohen in an interview with John McKenna from a two-part radio broadcast on RTE Ireland in September 1988
Photographed by Tony Russell/Redferns/Getty - at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970
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Leonard Cohen at the Glastonbury Festival 2008.
Photographed by Tabatha Fireman
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“I get up very early. I like to fill those early hours with that effort. I find it clearer. The mind is very clear in those early hours.”
— Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
I’m leaving the table
I’m out of the game
I don’t know the people
In your picture frame
If I ever loved you, oh no, no
It’s a crying shame
If I ever loved you
If I knew your name
“Leaving The Table” // 2016
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Leonard Cohen
Rising above the streets of Montréal, Tower of Songs stands as a tribute to one of the city’s most beloved voices.
Unveiled in 2017 by artists El Mac and Gene Pendon as MU’s landmark 100th mural, it reminds us that Leonard’s connection to Montréal is woven into the city’s landscape, and its soul.
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