Late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen released his beloved hit "Hallelujah" in 1984. Over the last 40 years, the song has ...
Like the blind men of lore groping to understand an elephant by focusing on a tail or a tusk or an ear, filmmakers have tended to approach the late singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen ...
One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...
In 1984 — the same year that Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna ruled the pop charts with “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Purple Rain” and “Like a Virgin,” respectively — there was another classic that ...
Very few songs have acquired as much staying power and widespread appeal as Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Covered by several iconic artists such as Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley, and with imagery and ...
The late Leonard Cohen's best known song, "Hallelujah," took more than a decade to find its audience. Alan Light, author of the "The Holy or the Broken," talks about the unlikely ascent of the song.
Leonard Cohen has written many excellent songs: “Suzanne,” “Bird on the Wire” and “Dance Me to the End of Love” to name a few. But “Hallelujah” has achieved escape velocity. As Alan Light chronicles ...
There are many reasons one might be annoyed at Pentatonix, the ruling a cappella group of our time. The singing quintet is hokey and saccharine in the way only a cappella groups can be. They were ...
Leonard Cohen's Various Positions album was released in 1984 and with it came the song "Hallelujah." The song, though, initially went unnoticed until years later, when it was popularized by ...
Underoath are on their way back with a new album titled Voyeurist now on the schedule for a Jan. 14 release. The latest track to arrive in advance of the record is an epic new song titled "Hallelujah.