All About Jazz — "No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion. Leave it to ... more info

All About Jazz — What to say about the grand lion of singer-songwriter-dom except that it's always great to have Leonard Cohen back onstage? If you can't catch his set at Coachella, here's your next best occasion to hear "Hallelujah" and the rest of the slivers fr... more info

Music Mule — What? Danny Schmidt Austin, TX-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt is a writer’s writer, with a lyrical depth drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, and Dave Carter. Upon winning the prestigious Kerrville New Folk award in 2007, ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Leonard Cohen to perform at Nokia Theatre What to say about the grand lion of singer-songwriter-dom except that it's always great to have Leonard Cohen back onstage? If you can't cat... more info

Mercury News, California — In his own way, Leonard Cohen has always tried to be free more info

Topix — Cohen enlivens his works, revisiting his acute perceptions of the human psyche and soul. Before Leonard Cohen embarked on his current world tour -- which is now winding its way through the United States and Canada -- few, if any, could have predicted... more info

Detroit Free Press — Few recent concert announcements have generated as much hubbub as news of Leonard Cohen's May 9 date at the Fox Theatre. more info

The Lemonheads' new covers album 'Varshons' is out in the UK June 15.The album features covers of songs by Wire, Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen and Linda Perry's Christina Aguilera-sung hit 'Beautiful'. more info

Guardian Music — Ryan Adams publishes his first book next month, joining an elite group of rockers with literary ambitions. Graeme Thomson asks four top author-musicians why they write'I always, always dreamed of being an author," says Ryan Adams. "I never dreamed of... more info

Idolator — After word that the final list of books being published in the latest installment of the album-per-tome 33 1/3 series would be delayed because of "economy-related goings-on," series publisher Continuum released a 27-album shortlist on the series' blo... more info