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The Latest Breaking News from Leonard Cohen

I’m your man: How Leonard Cohen's life, poetry and song make him a prophet of love in a particularly dark midwinter

Leonard Cohen is hardly the first name that comes to mind as a spokesperson for “the true meaning of the holidays.”

The Conversation

I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs

Hall and Oates are embroiled in bitter legal action over the sale of their rights, while rights-owning company Hipgnosis is in trouble. Is the market for songs as assets going out of tune?

The Guardian - UK

The Darker Side of Leonard Cohen

How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny

The Walrus

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Manchester faithful lap up Eric Cantona’s raspy whisper and jazz groove

With songs about cocktail-sipping lizards and memories of dead loved ones, the football legend can do little wrong in front of adoring fans

The Guardian - UK

Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats

A collection of the New Yorker editor’s pieces on the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Aretha Franklin displays enviable knowledge and scope

The Guardian - UK

Boygenius: the Phoebe Bridgers supergroup that is finally landing in the UK

The band’s creation was ‘kind of an accident’ but the trio’s stunning debut record has built legions of fans on both sides of the Atlantic

Evening Standard

Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders: the bands that made one album then vanished

They came, they saw, they vanished – these are the bands who made one perfect album then split up

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The Lovin’ Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky is one of the Sixties' most overlooked guitarists – here's how he fearlessly blended genres to forge the 'Americana' guitar sound

Yanovsky brought the weird, wonderful and the none-too-serious to Good Time Music, and was a genius player, but did he get the credit he deserved?

Guitar World

A new start after 60: I had burnout – so I quit as a CEO and found my dream job as a truck driver

Greg Ross, 72, is living his best life at the wheel of a 190ft ‘road train’. As he puts it, ‘I let my hair down’

The Guardian - UK

Grian Chatten: Chaos for the Fly review – the Fontaines DC frontman gets personal

Chatten dials down the rollicking post-punk of the Dublin band with a solo debut of haunted, Leonard Cohen-esque songs

The Guardian - UK

‘I can do everything but be humble’: Eric Cantona on his surprise new music career

A generational football talent, a celebrated actor and now a chanteur with serious chops – the Frenchman is a polymath par excellence. He discusses politics, mortality and Pep Guardiola

The Guardian - UK

Watch Ben Harper play Ed Helms' custom Gene Autry acoustic in spellbinding kitchen duet with Jack Johnson

If you're in need of a fingerpicking fix, look no further

Guitar World

Amanda Shires gets candid: I'm not quiet

The musician talks fiddling, working with husband Jason Isbell and "Loving You" with Bobbie Nelson, out June 23

Salon

‘He was a hero of mine’: Nick Cave’s emotional tribute to Barry Humphries

Australian rock singer Nick Cave has described late entertainer Barry Humphries as a "great inspiration" for him growing up.

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Like me, Eve Babitz was driven by corrosive relationships – and idolised women

Lust and longing turned me on to Eve Babitz – the writer who spells out that the real female equivalent of male power is not beauty but self-possession

TechRadar

HBO Max is losing tons of great movies in May – catch these 7 before they go

Subscribers have a narrow window to watch all the great HBO Max movies about to leave the service.

The Guardian - UK

Succession recap: season four, episode two – the most cathartic karaoke session you’ll ever see

On one hand, we get an epic, Shakespearean motivational speech by Logan. On the other, we’re treated to Connor’s take on Leonard Cohen – win some, lose some

USA Today Sports Media Group

Succession’s Connor Roy singing Leonard Cohen at Maru Karaoke Lounge will break your heart

This was a shockingly big week for Leonard Cohen references.

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The Guardian - UK

Leonard Cohen could shake it off like Taylor Swift

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Karl Geary: ‘I was writing out of confusion and horror, rage and love’

The actor turned novelist on creating authentic working-class characters, swapping Dublin for New York aged 16, and why sewing is like writing

Glasgow Live

Glasgow's Billy Connolly showcases latest artwork at city centre gallery

Sir Billy Connolly has brought his Born on a Rainy Day collection to Castle Fine Art. The hand-signed and limited-edition pieces can be pre-ordered ahead of its official launch on March 30.

The Guardian - UK

David Lindley obituary

Sought-after session player best known for his collaborations with Ry Cooder and Jackson Browne

The Guardian - US

Leonard Cohen heirs accuse former manager and lawyers of forgery

The children of the late singer-songwriter have filed a motion claiming that his signed trust, valued at $48m, was forged

Daily Record

The Scottish Tibetan monastery where David Bowie almost became a monk

Nestled in our countryside is the impressive Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, which counted David Bowie and Leonard Cohen among its students.

The Guardian - UK

Secret Things/ Everyone Keeps Me; Dance Me review – the glory of Pam Tanowitz

The American choreographer delights with a programme of rare wit, beauty and unshowy complexity. Elsewhere, a Vegas-style tribute to Leonard Cohen

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