Leonard Cohen – Do I Have to Dance All Night?

MY thanks to my correspondent Dr H Guy for recommending this track from Leonard Cohen. It’s a live one from 1976 and Dr H reckons it is Cohen’s best. I’m not so sure about that but it has been at least twenty years since I heard this song and I have just listened to it [...]

Separated at Birth

Some likeness between Scottish blues legend Rev Doc and Mr Cohen don’t you think?

Hallelujah!

I am proud to say that I have never intentionally watched X Factor. The whole thing is arse gravy.  However I discovered yesterday that a singer called Alexandra Burke from the show is odds on to be number one at Christmas with a version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. Not to be outdone, fans of the [...]

Scarlett Johannson and Tom Waits

Thanks to my friend The Helpless Dancer for alerting me to the fact that Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is to release an album of Tom Waits covers entitled “Anywhere I Lay my Head”. There is no information yet on which songs are to be included on the album but having heard [...]