Brooklyn Vegan — Their album includes their takes on songs by Roy Ayers, Frank Ocean, Leonard Cohen, Velvet Underground, James Blake and more. Continue reading… more info

JamBase — Watch Holly Bowling cover all of the Phish album 'Billy Breathes' and debut her take on a Leonard Cohen song as part of her visit to New York City. more info

Mjsbigblog — Watch country star Keith Urban pay tribute to artists Leonard Cohen, Bowie, Glenn Frey and more with a moving acoustic medley. The post Keith Urban Pays Tribute with Medley to Artists We Lost in 2016 (VIDEO) appeared first on mjsbigblog. more info

New York Times — The deaths of David Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen drew considerable attention in a year that also claimed Muhammad Ali and Fidel Castro. more info

New York Post — Pop fans of the future will look back on 2016 as the year that music died. But while Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and George Michael (to name but four) passed away, the would-be music legends of the future were making their cases heard with som... more info

Stereogum — On Friday night, a number of Kentucky musicians gathered at Louisville's Headliners Music Hall to pay tribute to the late Leonard Cohen, covering his music in a tribute show that raised money for the local charity Kentuckians For The Commonwealth. Du... more info

New York Post — Leonard Cohen is no more — the Canadian folkie died at 82 on Nov. 7 — but his song “Hallelujah” is immortal, seemingly gaining in cultural strength with each passing year since its first appearance on his little-noticed 1984 album, “Various... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin played a surprise last-minute benefit show at the small New York venue Mercury Lounge, raising money from the Manhattan homeless shelter the Bowery Mission. During his set, Martin sang a few Coldplay singalo... more info

MSN Music — Judging just by the obituary columns, 2016 was a miserable year for music. From David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen to Phife Dawg, Merle Haggard, Juan Gabriel, and Maurice White, not to mention Vanity, Glenn Frey, Leon Russell and Sharon Jones, it... more info

BBC News - UK — Kayleigh Rogers' version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah was the highlight of her school's Christmas concert. more info