The Music Fix — Gig Review: Mark Boydell rubs shoulders with London's 50-something crowd to see the troubled troubadour Leonard Cohen continue his world tour and finds him to be in fine form and voice for an OAP. more info

Paste Magazine — Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns gets my vote for Best Bluegrass Album of 2008. Here "bluegrass" is used loosely, and is a catchall term for music anchored by acoustic guitars, fiddles, and dobros. It certainly doesn't fit within the fairly narrow strict... more info

Paste Magazine — The unbearable lightness of being Eight albums in, Denison Witmer’s best record is 2003’s Recovered. It featured reverent covers of acknowledged classics from Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen and Alex Chilton: tough competition, to be sure. But Ca... more info

Scotsman.com — ***** CLYDE AUDITORIUM, GLASGOW more info

Guardian Music — It's often said that music doesn't divide into genres, that there is only good music and bad. There is one more operational subdivision: big music and its opposite. As a scurvyish guitar band, Razorlight started out making the latter. Their taut, pav... more info

Undercover, Australia — Leonard Cohen will return to Australia in January for theatre shows as well as performances at the A Day On The Green open-air winery shows. more info

Mojo 4 Music — Be in with a chance of winning an exclusive Cohen goodie bag! more info

Pitchfork — Little Joy photo by Autumn de Wilde; Nickel Eye photo by William KirkAbsence, they say, makes the heart grow fonder-- but a four year absence? That kinda stuff makes the band grow a little restless. To that end, a couple members of the long-dormant S... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by William Kirk; Above: Shearwater Emmy the Great [Music Hall of Williamsburg; 7 p.m.]It takes balls to call yourself Emmy the Great, and Emma-Lee Moss has got 'em. I just wish she'd take 'em out and swing 'em around more often. The London s... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by William Kirk; Above: Shearwater Emmy the Great [Music Hall of Williamsburg; 7 p.m.]It takes balls to call yourself Emmy the Great, and Emma-Lee Moss has got 'em. I just wish she'd take 'em out and swing 'em around more often. The London s... more info