Chicago Tribune — Leonard Cohen: The master songwriter’s baritone voice remains equally adept at poetic seduction and black humor. Cohen at 78 is in the midst of a career renaissance. His latest release, “Old Ideas” (Columbia), is one of the year’s finest, 8 ... more info

Guardian Music — War Memorial by Clive Aslet, The Streets by Anthony Quinn, I'm Your Man by Sylvie Simmons"Today no village in England would be complete without its grey stone obelisk at the crossroads, its copper plaque, incised with the names of the dead, leaking l... more info

Guardian Music — The Last Goodbye, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet directed by Alex Timbers, will feature several of songwriter's worksHallelujah indeed: a Jeff Buckley musical is in development, with a series of workshops due in New York early next year.A contempora... more info

Popdose — Only Leonard Cohen could transform a space as impersonal and corporately stamped as the HP Pavilion into a dazzling concert hall on a tired Wednesday night. Suburban yuppies filed in alongside the bohemian art elite (with every age and type of person... more info

Mercury News, California — The revered performer delivered the very first lyric of the evening upon bended knees, dropping down low to sing one of the most exquisite opening lines of any song in the entire pop music canon: "Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Leonard Cohen, 78, jogged onto the stage of Nokia Theatre like he'd run in from the parking lot. The singer-poet, wearing a hand-tailored suit, a bolo tie strung around a cleanly pressed shirt and a black fedora, stood before the microphone to begin ... more info

Guardian Music — 'When I'm singing, my family often tell me to shut the hell up'What drew you to acting?I remember seeing [American actor] Julie Harris in a one-woman show about Emily Dickinson that she toured in the US when I was 11 or 12. Something clicked in me, ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Flavorwire lists depictions of the seven deadly sins in literature. Stereogum lists Leonard Cohen's 10 best songs. Naomi Alderman talks to the Toronto Star about writing a serialized zombie novel with Margaret Atwood. "We sort of challenged each othe... more info

Guardian Music — (Kora)The disappearance of Beck Hansen must look, on the face of it, a typical case of the trendsetter who lost his cultural capital. Beck was the quintessential postmodern 90s pop star, who transitioned nicely into the noughties with more confession... more info

Guardian Music — 'Artefacts are important,' says the gothic disco crooner. Is that why he plays a human spine on his forthcoming album?Modern-day Soho is almost entirely sanitised: a cosy little enclave of digital media startups, selvage denim labs and mochaccino bar... more info