Guardian Music — Pizza Express Dean Street, LondonThe Pizza Express audience had been anticipating the alluring prospect of a dialogue between Norma Winstone (one of Europe's most admired vocal originals) and piano phenomenon Gwilym Simcock – a solo star who has la... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Leonard Cohen is releasing his first album since 2004's Dear Heather this month. The album, titled Old Ideas, comes out January 31 via Columbia (currently up for pre-order at Leonard Cohen's webstore). That's the cover art above. Towards the... more info

Stereogum — At a recent Philly show, New York indie-pop upstarts Cults pulled out a perfectly respectable cover of Leonard Cohen’s great 1989 synthetic-bleakness anthem “Everybody Knows,” which readers of a certain age will remember fondly as Christian Sla... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week's New Yorker features a new poem by Leonard Cohen. William Gibson talks to the National Post about his new book, Distrust That Particular Flavor. "I worry that this book will give somebody ideas," he says, during a lunchtime... more info

Stereogum — The almighty rumble-voiced word-wrangler Leonard Cohen will release his new album Old Ideas at the end of the month, and we’ve already posted two excellent songs from the LP, “Show Me The Place” and “Darkness.” In the new issue of The New Y... more info

Guardian Music — This duo claim to be influenced by 'the deepest, darkest corners of dance' – and not the bit between the cloakroom and the looHometown: London.The lineup: Ria Berlin (vocals) and Uwe Doll (production).The background: It's not unusual for us to end ... more info

Guardian Music — Highlights from the last seven days in the world of musicIn the news this weekBeyoncé gives birth to a baby girl, Ivy Blue Carter, and proud dad Jay-Z writes her a songFBI releases file on Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty BastardDavid Bowie turns 65In other... more info

Guardian Music — As this column ends, I thought it appropriate to talk about rock's profound sense of beginning – its power and possibility, its surging promiseThis column began five years ago, born, in a roundabout way, out of a friendship with my editor, Michael.... more info

Guardian Music — The second track to be unveiled from Leonard Cohen's forthcoming album finds the veteran crooner at his brooding bestA new Leonard Cohen song called Darkness, you say? Yippee! Seriously, it's very good. Darkness is the second song (you can listen to ... more info

411 Mania — Check out "Darkness"... more info