Aquarium Drunkard — Bill Callahan’s dark country & western croon takes on “So long, Marianne,” the opening track off side two of Leonard Cohen’s 1968 debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen. Slowing things down, Callahan and co. eschew the original’s violin and backing... more info

Topix — Leonard Cohen, 77, doubtlessly always possessed wisdom and wit well beyond his years. more info

Guardian Music — The music producer's conviction for the murder of Lana Clarkson in 2003 will not be overturned after court refuses to hear appealPhil Spector's fight to clear his name has ended. The US supreme court yesterday declined to hear an appeal against the l... more info

Bradley's Almanac — It's a bit behind schedule, but here's my annual list of recorded releases I'm most looking forward to this year. A handful of 2012 Tuesdays have already passed, but the lag time allowed me to sneak in a bunch of just-announced full-lengths. I've inc... more info

Guardian Music — Rock may be uncool, but it's not dead – as long as it accepts its new status as the music of the ageingOn 18 June this year, Paul McCartney will turn 70. "There's a little cell in my brain that's never going to believe that," he says in the latest ... more info

Guardian Music — After a burst of success in 2007, French indie popster Soko shut down her MySpace page and disappeared. Clare Considine welcomes her resurrectionSoko is "lovesick". She is head over heels, crazy in love with her new, as yet unidentified London boyfr... more info

Mercury News, California — Leonard Cohen generally takes his time. He sings, speaks, writes and records at his own measured pace. Concerts on his recent world tour have stretched to three hours. His new album, 'Old Ideas,' is his first studio album since 'Dear Heather' in 2004... more info

Stereogum — Lately, in the wake of the master’s triumphantly bedraggled new album Old Ideas, lots of people have been covering Leonard Cohen: Cass McCombs, Field Music, Bill Callahan, Bradford Cox, Greg Dulli. And now we can add New Pornographers frontman A.C.... more info

Guardian Music — Artists who attained fame and glory in the culturally revolutionary decades of 60s and 70s still making waves later in lifeNext Saturday Yoko Ono turns 79. In June she will come to London to launch a retrospective of her work at the Serpentine, which... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Bill Callahan @ the Allen Room - 2/8/2012 Following performances by a diversity of musicians including Keren Ann and Thurston Moore, Bill Callahan continued Lincoln Center's 2012 American Songbook Series last night (2/8... more info