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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




Welcome to The Leonard Cohen Files - a tribute to the music and poetry
of the Canadian singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen.


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World Tour: USA and Canada done, Europe next!


Photos © 2008 Eija Arjatsalo
The complete schedule up to Sept 24, 2009 here (with links to reports on every concert!) | Click on this link to follow the tour in real time on our Forum (members' reports, setlists, photos etc) | Read about the Tour Band | The first concert in Fredericton | Concert photos from Halifax | Charlottetown | Glace Bay | Saguenay | Toronto | Dublin | Manchester/photos | Manchester/review | Montreal | Oslo | Amsterdam | Montreux | Lucca | Helsinki | photos of the band | Media coverage on Marie's Speaking Cohen website





Leonard Cohen will be touring in Europe (July 1 - Sept 21, 2009)!
Click here to get all the details!

The live DVD/2CD has been released!
We have the details here




There will be a major announcement soon
about Leonard's concert in Tel Aviv (Sept 24).
It will be posted in this thread on the Forum


Leonard Cohen will be 75 years on Sept 21
Two projects have been launched: a plaque at the Chelsea Hotel (More here) and a special greeting from the fans (more here). Welcome to participate in one or both projects!


LATEST UPDATES:

  • LC - The Intimate Portrait - "Spring 96", the Mount Baldy documentary by Armelle Brusq now on DVD (June 22)
  • The Hydra Meet-up - 150 photos by Eija from our gathering on the Greek island (June 19)
  • Leonard Cohen: One of Those Guys - A little book of poetry by Robert Humphrey, inspired by Leonard Cohen (June 19)
  • Songbooks - two new songbooks: Leonard Cohen Anthology & The Little Black Songbook, plus single sheet for Hallelujah (June 5)
  • Leonard Cohen Hallelujah - A new biography coming in November (June 5)
  • Lyrics of Leonard Cohen - A new book with lyrics to more than 100 LC songs (June 5)
  • Tour merchandise - all these special items are available during the tour; now also 2009 posters (May 31)
  • Les Rockuptibles - Special Leonard Cohen issue (100 pages!) of the French rock magazine comes with a tribute album "L.C. Revisited" (May 17)
  • Stranger Music - A Tribute to Leonard Cohen - 16 songs by Italian artists (May 10)
  • 1708 cover songs - our (almost) complete list keeps on growing! (May 10)
  • Concerts in Europe in July-September - We have the complete US/Canadian schedule, and now also the growing itinerary for Europe in Summer 2009 (the page is updated almost daily (May 2)
  • The Classic Interviews CD - A compilation of 12 interviews between 1961 and 2008 (Apr 23)
  • Record Store Day 7" single - vinyl single to promote Live in London (Apr 23)
  • The Krakow Event 2010 and an interesting article about Krakow - our next big Event will be on August 6-8, 2010 in Poland! (Mar 5)
  • Live in London, DVD & 2CD - The Live In London releases fully capture and recreate the extraordinary show in London last summer (Mar 1)
  • The North American Tour - more than 30 concerts now announced. Also special presale for members (Feb 20)
  • Doron on Nadel - A review of the biography "Various Positions" by Doron B. Cohen (Jan 10)


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    On March 10 Leonard Cohen was inducted
    to The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

    More here: Leonard Cohen - Halls of Fame blog by Yankovic
    Watch the induction video (10 min)


  • Audio and video clips from the CBC archive
  • Videos inspired by LC plus original clips
  • The Leonard Cohen Newsgroup (via Google)
  • Leonard Cohen Newsgroup archive provided by Greg
  • Leonard Cohen Mailing List 1990-1995 provided by Greg
  • The Leonard Cohen Concordance created by Marie Mazur
  • A Thousand Kisses Deep Archives Portal
  • Interview with Leonard Cohen in Real Audio
  • 5 min video interview (Bravo TV, Artist of the Week, 1997)
  • Audio excerpts from Steve Venright's interview with Leonard Cohen (1983)
  • Democracy - Cohen recites the poem (in RealAudio)
  • More links to other Leonard Cohen sites


  • Useful new links to other sites:
    Watch Aaron Goffman's Dance me to the end of love short film (1995) *** and the Dance me... new video clip by Samina (Canada 2005) *** Read The Pacifica Radio Interview (1974) *** and the story of Nancy, (of the song), written by Tim Challies, a close relative *** Watch BBC4's recent 30 minute documentary What Leonard Cohen Did For Me


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