Mercury News, California — Leonard Cohen generally takes his time. He sings, speaks, writes and records at his own measured pace. Concerts on his recent world tour have stretched to three hours. His new album, 'Old Ideas,' is his first studio album since 'Dear Heather' in 2004... more info

Stereogum — Lately, in the wake of the master’s triumphantly bedraggled new album Old Ideas, lots of people have been covering Leonard Cohen: Cass McCombs, Field Music, Bill Callahan, Bradford Cox, Greg Dulli. And now we can add New Pornographers frontman A.C.... more info

Guardian Music — Artists who attained fame and glory in the culturally revolutionary decades of 60s and 70s still making waves later in lifeNext Saturday Yoko Ono turns 79. In June she will come to London to launch a retrospective of her work at the Serpentine, which... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Bill Callahan @ the Allen Room - 2/8/2012 Following performances by a diversity of musicians including Keren Ann and Thurston Moore, Bill Callahan continued Lincoln Center's 2012 American Songbook Series last night (2/8... more info

Stereogum — A few days ago, we posted Bill Callahan’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “So Long Marianne” from the forthcoming Leonard Cohen covers compilation UK music mag MOJO is putting together to celebrate Cohen’s new album, Old Ideas. Today, we have two ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The charts have a much-publicized newcomer near the top, but vampy pop chanteuse Lana Del Rey is a distant No. 2. Her Interscope debut "Born to Die" lands in the runner-up spot with more than 76,000 copies sold in the U.S., according to Nielsen Sound... more info

Guardian Music — Fancy showing off your impeccable taste in music? Share your playlists with usFrom next week we'll be changing the format of the Now Listening series – and we'd like your help.Each week we'll be inviting a reader to share with us a playlist of song... more info

Stereogum — The celebration of Leonard Cohen’s new album Old Ideas continues in the new issue of MOJO which comes with a disc of The Songs Of Leonard Cohen covers from the likes of Bill Callahan, Father John Misty, Cass McCombs, Field Music and others. Stream ... more info

Stereogum — To celebrate Leonard Cohen’s new record Old Ideas, our Album Of The Week, Columbia is putting together a series of tribute videos featuring contemporary artists covering their favorite Cohen songs. First up is Bradford Cox doing Cohen’s “Seems ... more info

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