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Leonard Cohen: Hippie Troubadour and Forgotten Reactionary

As the legend of the singer–poet–sex symbol grows, fans rarely acknowledge his conservative streak

The Walrus

'As real as it gets': James Taylor ready for Australian swansong

'Being a performing musician is my anchor ... it tethers me.'

The Canberra Times

'As real as it gets': James Taylor ready for Australian swan song

'Being a performing musician is my anchor ... it tethers me.'

Newcastle Herald

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Alex Wolff Shines As Leonard Cohen In TV Miniseries

Actor Alex Wolff impresses as Leonard Cohen in 'So Long Marianne,' a series exploring Cohen's relationship with Marianne Ihlen through authentic music and ...

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‘Gloom is good’: after my wife died I found solace in poetry and music

You can’t fight death, sickness, ageing and life’s various indignities, but you can play very loud rock’n’roll

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Rodrigo on the 2024 Grammy Awards, performing rage on 'GUTS,' and learning from Leonard Cohen

The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo’s musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry

The Independent UK

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Teachers have much to learn from the Children’s Manifesto

Letter: Prof emerita Catherine Burke recalls a competition inviting children to describe the school they would like

The Guardian - UK

"I used to shut the curtains, put on the headphones, drop the needle and not move a muscle till the final note": This is the soundtrack of K.K. Downing's life

Former Judas Priest man K.K. Downing picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why he prefers his new stuff to the old stuff

Metal Hammer

“You want to know some secrets about Leonard Cohen?”: the time that Adam Cohen wrote about his relationship with his famous dad

The iconic singer-songwriter was hilarious and also an excellent chef, his son said

Louder

I’m your man: How Leonard Cohen's life, poetry and song make him a prophet of love in a particularly dark midwinter

Leonard Cohen is hardly the first name that comes to mind as a spokesperson for “the true meaning of the holidays.”

The Conversation

I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs

Hall and Oates are embroiled in bitter legal action over the sale of their rights, while rights-owning company Hipgnosis is in trouble. Is the market for songs as assets going out of tune?

The Guardian - UK

The Darker Side of Leonard Cohen

How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny

The Walrus

Manchester faithful lap up Eric Cantona’s raspy whisper and jazz groove

With songs about cocktail-sipping lizards and memories of dead loved ones, the football legend can do little wrong in front of adoring fans

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Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats

A collection of the New Yorker editor’s pieces on the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Aretha Franklin displays enviable knowledge and scope

Evening Standard

Boygenius: the Phoebe Bridgers supergroup that is finally landing in the UK

The band’s creation was ‘kind of an accident’ but the trio’s stunning debut record has built legions of fans on both sides of the Atlantic

Louder

Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders: the bands that made one album then vanished

They came, they saw, they vanished – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up

Guitar World

The Lovin’ Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky is one of the Sixties' most overlooked guitarists – here's how he fearlessly blended genres to forge the 'Americana' guitar sound

Yanovsky brought the weird, wonderful and the none-too-serious to Good Time Music, and was a genius player, but did he get the credit he deserved?

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The Guardian - UK

A new start after 60: I had burnout – so I quit as a CEO and found my dream job as a truck driver

Greg Ross, 72, is living his best life at the wheel of a 190ft ‘road train’. As he puts it, ‘I let my hair down’

The Guardian - UK

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly review – the Fontaines DC frontman gets personal

Chatten dials down the rollicking post-punk of the Dublin band with a solo debut of haunted, Leonard Cohen-esque songs

The Guardian - UK

‘I can do everything but be humble’: Eric Cantona on his surprise new music career

A generational football talent, a celebrated actor and now a chanteur with serious chops – the Frenchman is a polymath par excellence. He discusses politics, mortality and Pep Guardiola

Guitar World

Watch Ben Harper play Ed Helms' custom Gene Autry acoustic in spellbinding kitchen duet with Jack Johnson

If you're in need of a fingerpicking fix, look no further

Salon

Amanda Shires gets candid: I'm not quiet

The musician talks fiddling, working with husband Jason Isbell and "Loving You" with Bobbie Nelson, out June 23

The New Daily

‘He was a hero of mine’: Nick Cave’s emotional tribute to Barry Humphries

Australian rock singer Nick Cave has described late entertainer Barry Humphries as a "great inspiration" for him growing up.

The Guardian - UK

Like me, Eve Babitz was driven by corrosive relationships – and idolised women

Lust and longing turned me on to Eve Babitz – the writer who spells out that the real female equivalent of male power is not beauty but self-possession

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