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One by one the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
And those who dance begin to dance
And those who weep begin
Welcome, welcome, cries a voice
Let all my guests come in
Part of "The Guests"
by Leonard Cohen
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Welcome to The Leonard Cohen Files - a tribute to the music and poetry
of the Canadian singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen.
Guide to The Files
Index to all 800 pages
Chatroom - always open
Message Board for our visitors!
Latest News, Events, Radio and TV
Gallery of Beautiful Losers (updated Sept 30)
Covers of Leonard's songs (1364 songs; updated Nov 18)
Photo © by Christof Graf. Animation by Michael Arzab.
More credits and useful addresses on the "Authors" page
The site was launched on September 3, 1995. This front page
has been visited more than 1,8 million times!
Use the Next and Previous buttons at the bottom
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Webmaster of The Files:
Jarkko Arjatsalo, Finland
Technical advisor:
Rauli Arjatsalo
The unpublished poems, drawings,
paintings, and computer art
on The Blackening Pages
have been received directly from
Mr. Cohen.
The webmaster also appreciates
the continuous help of Leonard's office.
Emails to his management should be sent to: info@5042mail.com
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Leonard will be touring with his band in Canada in May/June and in Europe after that.
The first concert dates have now been posted on this page.
Stay tuned - more dates will be added when the information is available.
Connect with our Forum to join the active debate on the tour
Read about the Tour Band
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LATEST UPDATES:
Concerts in Canada and Europe - The tour schedule is updated on a daily basis! (Benicassim (July 20) now confirmed!)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - a new tribute album by the Swedish vocalist Lena Måndotter (in English) (May 6)
Tour rehearsals - photos shot by Lorca Cohen (Apr 23)
The 2008 Tour Band - Sharon Robinson and the Webb Sisters have joined Leonard's tour band (Apr 10)
Conspiracy of Beards - the SF based male choir has released its debut album of Cohen songs (Apr 1)
Gallery of Magazine covers: Page 1: 1960's and 70's -
Page 2: 1980's and 90's - Page 3: 2000-. Almost 80 magazine covers in the new Gallery created by Dominique Boile, Maarten Massa & Jarkko Arjatsalo.
Contribute with a new magazine and win a rare CD inscribed to you by Leonard (more about this on the first Gallery page). (Mar 28)
The Leonard Cohen Event in Edmonton - Schedule of our Event at the end of July (Mar 19)
Small collectibles - postcards, stickers and other collectibles from Dominique Boile's collection (Mar 2)
Feast of Cohen Live - A new Canadian tribute album recorded live in Newfoundland (Feb 3)
Book of Longing CD - The complete Glass/Cohen collaboration has now been released on 2 CDs (Dec 22)
Leonard, London 2007 - Photo portrait by Diane (Dec 9)
Toowoomba Cohen Celebration - Andrew's report from the 15th birthday happening in Australia (Dec 6)
Our Very Special Guest - Leonard came to our meetup in London; report by Diane and Padma (Dec 2)
1364 cover songs - Leonard Cohen covered by other artists (Nov 18)
Leonard meets our members - photo gallery - 60 photos from the London Meetup (Nov 3)
Leonard meets our members - video - Leonard was the Very Special Guest at our meetup in London - watch
a 7 min video made by Wijbe Lageveen at The Green Note Cafe on October 20 (Nov 3)
Dno Serca / Bottom of the Heart - A new Polish 2CD tribute album by Pawel Orkisz (Oct 12)
Six Montreal Poets (1957) - the album is now available both on CD and for MP3 download (updated Oct 12)
Albums in forgotten formats - A new page presents audio formats no longer in use (Sept 30)
The jungle line - Leonard Cohen recites the lyrics to this song on Herbie Hancock's new album "River: The Joni letters" (Sept 23)
The man who destroyed my life - The book by Peter Lindforss outlines a remarkable friendship. (Sept 21)
Acordes con Leonard Cohen - The Spanish tribute concert is now available on a set of 2 CDs and DVD...
Sant Cugat, Barcelona - ...and on the second page we have a selection of concert photos! (Sept 21)
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