I went to this last year & although it's not Cohen themed I can heartily recommend it. It's been set up as a kind of fringe to the full Hay festival and covers music & philosophy in more intimate venues than the Hay tents.

I quite liked that album of Suzanne Vega's with "Luka" on it, but I can't see why she's a particularly good choice as a support. A dubious myth seemed to emerge in the late 1980s that Suzanne Vega or Tanita Tikarum were the female Leonard Cohen! I'm quite a fan of Suzanne Vega & recko...

I've just listenened to The Future again. You're right about Javier Mas, a little too quiet. Metzger and Larsson's dominance gives it a much more electric feel.... Still a great version of the song. I'm sure you can hear the Webb sisters smiling while they sing just after their little dance. And I ...

Watched the BBC 2 "Live in London" last night and realised that the copy that I bought from Amazon must be faulty. The sound quality was fine on the TV. Either that or the BBC fixed it. Any other opinions on that? But I am probably too late to return my copy to Amazon anyway. That's inter...

Songs of Leonard Cohen - So long Marianne Songs From a Room – Seems so long ago, Nancy Songs of Love and Hate – Avalanche New Skin For the Old Ceremony - Leaving Greensleeves Death of a Ladies Man - Iodine Recent Songs - The Guests Various Positions – Dance me to the end of love I'm Your Man – Every...

I've been listening to the CDs and watching the DVD for a couple of weeks now and I think they're really excellent. However, if I'm being completely honest I'd also say that I'm a little disappointed by the mix of the sound on these releases. I wondered if I was remembering the gig I went to with ro...

I vote - good thing. I'm in my early 30s and got into Leonard Cohen via REM's cover version of "First we take manhatten" which they put on the B-side of their single, Drive. I then bought the "Closing Time" single, which also had 'first we take manhatten' as a B-side, along with ...

after Oasis

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