In our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview with the Canadian singer by Mike Jahn. Originally titled Leonard Cohen's Rock Poetics, the piece first appeared in the New York Times in June 1973Dylan was at his peak, writing his brilliant "doomsday poems", and revolutionising popular music. Colleges by the scores offered courses regarding pop song lyrics as poetry. Books were written, the ...
Guardian Music — In our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview with the Canad... more info