USA Today Music — Also new is country star Gretchen Peters' 'Hello Cruel World.' more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Legendary poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen releases a new album this week, Old Ideas. The Big Sleep's Nature Experiments, Gotye's Making Mirrors, and The Pines: Dark So Gold are all albums I have heard and can strongly recommend. One... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian profiles author Elmore Leonard. With Leonard Cohen releasing his new album, Old Ideas, this Tuesday, the Montreal Gazette recommends several books about the legendary singer-songwriter. Lifehacker offers musicians tips to release music i... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussions from the last seven daysIn the news• This week we said goodbye to one of the great blues and soul singers, Etta James. Fans turned to Twitter to pay tribute and share their favourite songs. You can read our obit... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sitting in a dimly lit New York City bar wearing a trilby hat and a dark suit, no tie, singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen pauses before responding to a question about how his ideas have changed over his lengthy career. more info

Stereogum — Greg Dulli, the once and future leader of the Afghan Whigs, is a man who knows a few things about whiskey-soaked baritones and libertine poetics, so he’s the kind of guy you’d want to hear covering a Leonard Cohen song. And he’s now done just t... more info

Chicago Tribune — 3.5 stars (out of 4) more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas, his 12th studio album, will be released a week from today. If I might I offer a suggestion, listen to the album cold – sans any outside editorial critique. You’ll be glad you did…it’s worth it. You can stream to t... more info

DrownedInSound — At once sad and wise, inquisitive, eloquent, repentant – and 77 years on this earth, no closer to unravelling the mysteries of the opposite sex – that Leonard Cohen’s creative spark remains so undimmed as he reaches his twilight years is someth... more info

Guardian Music — Be among the first to hear Leonard Cohen's new albumOn Friday we ran Dorian Lynskey's brilliant Leonard Cohen interview, in which he discussed the songwriting process, the Hallelujah cover versions and more with the legendary songwriter. Because we'r... more info