All About Jazz — For years, James Taylor has been covering many of his favorite songs from the 1950s and 1960s during soundchecks before his concerts. This past September, he released some of them on Covers, a collection of twelve classic tracks he recorded at his Ma... more info

BBC News - UK — The man who put on Prince's 21 nights in London - and talked Leonard Cohen out of retirement - tells all more info

NME — Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' is reportedly set to become 'The X Factor''s forthcoming winner's song. more info

Guardian Music — Peter Robinson: News that The X Factor winner will cover Leonard Cohen's classic has fans up in arms, but it'll be perfect for Diana's warble more info

Guardian Music — Orbital will reunite at next year's Big Chill, the festival has revealed. The historic announcement comes one 200th of a millennium, one 20th of a century, half a decade - OK, just five years - after the electronic duo broke up."It's not an exercise ... more info

New York Post — Il Divo, "Hallelujah (Aleluya)" Leonard Cohen's hit gets a "popera" makeover thanks to a beautiful, classically trained rendition of the tune's lyrics, en Espanol. Carolina Liar, "Show Me What I'm Looking For" The LA band mines the emotional well.... more info

The Telegraph Blog — So, Leonard Cohen is back, touring the UK after his triumphant run of shows in the summer. I was lucky enough to see the first of those, at the Opera House in Manchester in June, and it was easily one of the finest nights of my years of gig-going. Le... more info

The Music Fix — Gig Review: Mark Boydell rubs shoulders with London's 50-something crowd to see the troubled troubadour Leonard Cohen continue his world tour and finds him to be in fine form and voice for an OAP. more info

Paste Magazine — Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns gets my vote for Best Bluegrass Album of 2008. Here "bluegrass" is used loosely, and is a catchall term for music anchored by acoustic guitars, fiddles, and dobros. It certainly doesn't fit within the fairly narrow strict... more info

Paste Magazine — The unbearable lightness of being Eight albums in, Denison Witmer’s best record is 2003’s Recovered. It featured reverent covers of acknowledged classics from Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen and Alex Chilton: tough competition, to be sure. But Ca... more info