Preview The Songs Of Leonard Cohen Covered
Leonard Cohen’s 1967 debut remains the cornerstone of his remarkable career. Available exclusively with the March 2012 edition of the magazine, The Songs Of Leonard Cohen Covered sees the entire album re-imagined by 10 artists hand-picked by MOJO.
Happy Friday everyone!
Here’s our new issue in which Leonard Cohen invites us to lunch, we look back on the life of rap revolutionary Gil Scott-Heron, head to L.A. with Beth Jeans Houghton, explore the Philly Soul story, speak to Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch, catch up with Paul McCartney and investigate the triumph and tragedy of Big Country.
Leonard Cohen - Darkness (2012)
Here’s another great track from Leonard Cohen’s forthcoming album, Old Ideas. The legendary folk-poet’s 12th studio album is due for release on January 30.
You can hear another track from the LP, Show Me The Place, here.
Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place
Leonard Cohen will release Old Ideas - his first album of new material in eight years - on January 31, 2012. Gospel-tinged new track, Show Me The Place, is streaming via Cohen’s Soundcloud profile above.
In October, Cohen received the Principe de Astrurias Prize for literature in Spain.
Speaking at the event, he said: “As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. And the instructions were these… Never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done wtihin the strict confines of dignity and beauty.”
Old Ideas will appear on CD, 180 gram vinyl and via digital download.
For more, head over to www.leonardcohen.com
Time to wish a very happy 77th birthday to the great Leonard Cohen.
