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Some of the best releases have hit the shelves in the last five months. (Or, I became aware of them fairly late in the game.) As usual, this is a list of 12 CDs (or a baker's dozen, technically, due to two from the same legend) in no particular order...
Tags: Leonard Cohen, Tony Norman, Bob Dylan, United Kingdom, London, Rickie Lee Jones, Together Through Life, I'm Going Away, Conor Oberst, Double albums, Entertainment Culture, Blonde on Blonde
Along with the 100 plus awards given out for musical and creative achievement, the Recording Academy also rewards technical excellence and the achievements of a lifetime in musical entertainment. The Lifetime Achievement, Technical Achievement, and Trustees...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Andre Previn, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, Thomas Edison, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Harold Bradley, Walter C. Miller Microphone, Thomas Alva Edison, Clark Terry, David, Michael Jackson Three
Leonard Cohen and Michael Jackson will be honoured next year with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys. Cohen and the King of Pop will share the distinction with Bobby Darin, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Loretta Lynn, Andre Previn, and Clark Terry,...
Tags: lifetime achievements, Michael Jackson, Leonard Cohen, Grammy Award, achievements award, Los Angeles, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, Andrᅢᄅ Previn, David Honeyboy Edwards, Maureen, Crazy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Herbie Hancock, Neil Portnow, Maureen Tucker, Gnarls Barkley
Phil Spector is a killer and a sleaze, but he is also a tragedy. When he was ten years old, his father parked the family car and connected a hose to the exhaust pipe. Later, his mother chased him around the kitchen, brandishing a knife and shouting, "Your...
Tags: Los Angeles, Leonard Cohen, Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love, Christmas, Wall of Sound, The Ronettes, Phil Spector, River Deep - Mountain High
Canadian rock icon Neil Young will be honored at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver as part of an all-star tribute concert. Members of Broken Social Scene and Iron & Wine will join singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith among the artists confirmed to appear...
Tags: Neil Young, winter olympics, Los Angeles, Ron Sexsmith, Entertainment Culture, Leonard Cohen, MusiCares Person of the Year, Hal Willner, Human Interest
The music industry would likely describe Allison Crowe's career as a slow build...She calls it success on her own terms. "If something doesn't look good to me, I'm not going to do it just for the sake of it," Crowe said. "So far I've found it's the sanest...
Tags: Allison Crowe, Crowe fashion, Nanaimo, Leonard Cohen, Nfld, Canada, Corner Brook, Russell Crowe, Hallelujah, Tidings, Secrets, Entertainment Culture
Perhaps hoping to combat the widespread discontent and months of unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election, the Tehran city council has announced the start of laughter classes. About The Lede The Lede is a news blog that remixes the...
Tags: Tehran, Iran, Tehrān, Maziar Bahari, Blog, Lede, Zahra Kazemi, Evin Prison, Torture, Bahari, Human rights abuses, Leonard Cohen, Maziar
Women have a hard time accepting that I spend my life looking for underage sex slaves' Aaron Cohen travels the world, rescuing girls sold into prostitution. He tells Carole Cadwalladr why he does it – and how a suburban kid turned heroin addict became...
Tags: Aaron Cohen, Perry Farrell, human trafficked, slave hunter, sex slave, underage sex, Jonty, roll lifestyle, Los Angeles, Crimes, Human trafficking, Borat Sagdiyev, Sexual slavery, Leonard Cohen, Crimes against humanity, Sex crimes, Slavery
In song, Leonard Cohen once claimed to have a heart of ice, and yet his tunes could melt a glacier with all their libidinal heat. The man's crazy for love, his repertoire being his padded cell. "Love is not a victory march," he purred at one point Thursday...
Tags: Leonard Cohen, Las Vegas, Entertainment Culture, Hallelujah, The Promise
Jackson Hall last Thursday night, he and his band probably could have soaked up the rapturous applause for half an hour, but they went right to work, opening with a breezy rendition of "Dance Me to the End of Love." Sitting in our snug theater seats (an...
Tags: Leonard Cohen, Coolin, Spain, Madrid, Dance Me to the End of Love, Suzanne, Cohen, Hallelujah, Famous Blue Raincoat, Entertainment Culture