Impose Magazine — Gary Lucas played guitarist with late Captain Beefheart, made and wrote your favorite songs on Jeff Buckley's Grace (that are not Leonard Cohen cover), and has a new album with his legendary Gods and Monsters group called Ordeal of Civility. We c... more info

NME — Cohen joins the ranks of Arthur Miller and Sir David Attenborough more info

Guardian Music — Cohen's Prince of Asturias Award for Letters announced as Bob Dylan nominated for Neustadt International prizeFans have long argued that the best rock music has literary merit, but all of a sudden it's becoming officially recognised. Leonard Cohen ha... more info

Topix — Singer Leonard Cohen has won one of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for his poetic gifts and thought-provoking songs. more info

ContactMusic — Singer/songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has been awarded a prestigious Spanish literature prize. The Canadian star is to be the recipient of the coveted Prince of Asturias award. In a statement, the prize officials insist Cohen "has influenced three... more info

Mjsbigblog — Jennifer Hudson is in Australia promoting the release of her album, I Remember Me. In a Ustream live chat last night, Jennifer performed an impromptu rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". It's really quite beautiful.Listen after the jump. more info

Guardian Music — (Hipster/Proper)A sophisticated, quirky band from Berlin who sing in German, French and English, 17 Hippies have spent 16 years developing an unlikely style that mixes French chanson and German cabaret with Balkan gypsy music and Americana, with a da... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Following the latest Arctic Monkeys tidbit; namely that ‘Suck It And See’ was influenced by ”Nick Cave, John Cale, Lou Reed, (David) Bowie (and) Leonard Cohen”, let’s see if you can spot the handiwork of any of those past masters on the lat... more info

Guardian Music — First she turned down Jay-Z's label, then she said no to a Jarvis Cocker track – not bad for someone who had just quit Topshop. Alexis Petridis meets singer-songwriter Clare MaguireThe day she met Rick Rubin, says Clare Maguire, was "probably the m... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Rowe’s honest and haunting songwriting have already earned comparisons to Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks phase, for his abstract lyric phrasing, and the way he crafts an experience of emotion, rather than telling a linear tale. Most powerfully he ... more info