Dylan and Cohen: Poets of Rock and Roll

Posted by admin on May 19, 2012 Comments Off

Dylan and Cohen: Poets of Rock and Roll
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are widely acknowledged as the great pop poets of the 1960s, transforming the popular song into a medium for questionng the personal, social, and political norms of their times. They emerged at a time when the music industry was transforming the revolutionary sound of black music into something bland, homogenous, and fit for mass consumption. For many members of their generation, Dylan and Cohen were able to articulate what they were feeling and could not express: anti-establishement anger, angst, and despondency. Dylan and Cohen is a fascinating political, psychological and artistic profile of these two iconic writers and performers. With reference to both biographical details and lyrics. David Boucher explores their similarities and differences, tracing the development of religious political, and social themes in their work and the ways in which those ideas engaged a new audience. A must-read for all serious fans of either Dylan or Cohen, this book will also engage anyone interested in the North America of the 1960s, or more generally in the relationship between music, identity and politics.

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New Skin for the Old Ceremony

Posted by admin on March 24, 2012 Comments Off

New Skin for the Old Ceremony
By the time Leonard Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the era’s most original and influential singer-songwriters, building a large and legendary body of work that continues to inspire artists and listeners alike.

Much of Cohen’s reputation and mystique was established by his early work for Columbia Records, particularly the five albums he recorded between 1967 and 1974. Now, these five classic albums, unavailable on vinyl for two decades, have been lovingly restored to their original LP format.

For their new Sundazed editions, all five albums have been meticulously remastered and have been sourced from the original Columbia Records stereo masters in order to preserve the sound of the original albums. In keeping with the exacting standards for which Sundazed has become known, each album will be pressed on high-definition vinyl, with complete original cover art.

1974′s New Skin for the Old Ceremony saw Cohen taking a turn away from the spare sound of his earlier releases, with such numbers as “Chelsea Hotel #2,” “There Is a War” and “A Singer Must Die” featuring expanded instrumental arrangements and some of the most expressive vocal performances of Cohen’s career.

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Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen

Posted by admin on March 15, 2012 Comments Off

Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen

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Glimpse of Hell [VHS]

Posted by admin on March 14, 2012 Comments Off

Was it an accident… a case of negligence… or a deliberate act of sabotage? When the deaths of 47 sailors on an ill-fated training exercise are blamed on a single despondent crew member, the ship’s hardened Captain (Caan) supports the Navy’s official position in order to save face. But a skeptical Lieutenant (Leonard) with a different theory risks his own reputation – and his career – to discover the truth behind the tragedy.

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Death of a Lady’s Man: A Collection of Poetry and Prose

Posted by admin on February 6, 2012 Comments Off

Death of a Ladys Man: A Collection of Poetry and Prose

A collection of poetry and prose interspersed with lyrics, discursive passages, and diary extracts from the legendary Canadian songwriter-poet
 
First published in 1978, the theme of this insightful and moving poetry collection is love with all its dilemmas. It is largely autobiographical in tone, offering the reader insights into Cohen’s private world. From the 1950s and 1960s onward, Cohen’s mournful, thought-provoking lyrics and poems have formed the backdrop to the musings of generations; this reissue, following on the huge success of his 2009 concerts, extends the experience to yet more new readers.

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I’m Your Man

Posted by admin on January 17, 2012 Comments Off

Im Your Man
Even the production, laden with synthesized strings and cooing female choruses, is wry on I’m Your Man, a definitive Leonard Cohen album. Though still touched with the tragic (“Take This Waltz,” based on a Garcia Lorca poem), the album often achieves its high points by combining Cohen’s world-weariness with black-humored evocations of social and romantic ills and artistic quandaries. “I was born like this, I had no choice,” the gravelly Cohen intimates at disc’s end. “I was born with the gift of a golden voice.” –Rickey Wright

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Leonard Cohen: The Music and the Mystique

Posted by admin on January 13, 2012 Comments Off

Leonard Cohen: The Music and the Mystique

Here is the indispensable consumer’s guide to the music of Leonard Cohen presented as a track by track analysis of every song recorded on officially released albums, from his 1968 Songs of Leonard Cohen to his most recent studio and live sets from the 21st Century.

Features include and up to date chronology of all of the important events in his career, a special section on compilation albums and photographs and CD cover art.
 

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Ten New Songs

Posted by admin on January 4, 2012 Comments Off

Ten New Songs

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Leonard Cohen: The Early Years

Posted by admin on December 22, 2011 Comments Off

Leonard Cohen: The Early Years
This DVD-film puts the early years of Leonard’s life and career into the spotlight as it traces his story from his childhood, through his years as a budding poet and across the albums he recorded between his 1967 debut ‘Songs From A Room’ and his 1977 uncharacteristic masterpiece, the Phil Spector produced, ’Death Of A Ladies Man’. Liberally infused with performance footage, archive interviews and TV material, plus contributions from those who have known him best, seldom seen photographs, location shoots, news reports and numerous other features, this program will prove a delight to Leonard Cohen fans everywhere and shall remain the standard work on the man for many years to come. Extras include; Extended Interviews, Leonard Cohen Gaming Feature and Digital Biographies This DVD is not authorised by Leonard Cohen.

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Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen (Jewish Life, History, and Culture)

Posted by admin on December 10, 2011 Comments Off

Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen (Jewish Life, History, and Culture)
From reviews of the hardcover edition: “[Various Positions is] more a literary than a rock bio–quiet of tone, serious without being worshipful. Drawing on Cohen’s own archives, Nadel plots aspects of Cohen’s life–Zen, love affairs, drug use–against the evolution of his writing. He fashions a biography that is revealing but also mindful of its subject at his best.” –Booklist “An excellent biography, one that manages to be both thoroughly scholarly and genuinely entertaining at the same time.” –Montreal Gazette “An honest and sympathetic biography.” –New York Times Book Review “The most authoritative work yet on the ‘poet laureate of pessimism.’” –Library Journal Known as the “Prince of Bummers,” Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography originally published in 1996 by Pantheon Books, Ira Nadel draws on extensive interviews with Cohen, as well as excerpts from his unpublished letters, journals, notebooks, songs, and other writings, to offer a full portrait of this enigmatic man and his artistic career. A new concluding chapter brings Cohen’s story up-to-date, including the release of the albums Dear Heather, Ten New Songs, The Essential Leonard Cohen, and Blue Alert, as well as the publication of Book of Longing and the screening of the documentary film Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man.
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