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A.D. Amorosi The power of Nick Cave had forever hinged on summoning the spirits of the dark.Be it his time as frantic frontman to the clamorous Birthday Party, or since the 1984 start of a menacing solo career with the floating membership of the Bad Seeds by his side, Cave’s catalog of violence-driven characters and furiously dire narratives cut like a knife, fresh with blood and amped-up with post-punk gospel fervor.That all of this changed in 2015, with the tragic accidental death of Cave’s 15-year-old son, Arthur, exemplified “the crack in everything” that Leonard Cohen, a noted inspiration to Cave, wrote of on “Anthem”: “That’s how the light gets in.”From Cave’s family tragedy, a second family emerged: that of a devoted fan base who showered the singer and author with warmth and comfort beyond fandom.

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Father John Misty has shared a brand new song from his forthcoming album ‘Chloë and The Next 20th Century’ – listen to ‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’ below.‘Chloë and The Next 20th Century’, Tillman’s fifth studio album under the Father John Misty moniker, is set to arrive on April 8 via Sub Pop and Bella Union.The album, which follows 2018’s ‘God’s Favorite Customer’, has so far been previewed with the tracks ‘Q4’ and ‘Funny Girl’.Check out ‘Goodbye Mr.

Hipgnosis Song Management has announced a big old deal via its Blackstone-backed venture Hipgnosis Songs Capital ICAV to acquire a stack of rights in the songs catalogue of Leonard Cohen for an undisclosed sum.In total, the deal covers 278 songs and derivatives, including the all-important ‘Hallelujah’ – which has been covered more than 300 times. For songs written from the start of Cohen’s career through to 2000, Hipgnosis has acquired the writer’s share of royalties.

Leonard Cohen is the latest artist whose song rights have been bought, after his estate reached a deal with the Hipgnosis Songs Fund for an undisclosed sum.According to Rolling Stone, the deal includes all 278 songs that Cohen wrote, including his most popular songs ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Suzanne’, ‘So Long, Marianne’, ‘First We Take Manhattan’ and more.The investment company obtained the “songwriter’s share” of 127 songs from Cohen’s Stranger Music catalogue, which covers the period of the inception of late musician’s career through to the year 2000; derivative works pushes the total to 211 songs.Hipgnosis also acquired the ownership of 100 per cent of the copyrights, “publisher’s share” and “songwriter’s share” of royalties of the latter part of his catalogue, spanning from 2001 to his death in 2016.“To now be the custodians and managers of Leonard Cohen’s incomparable songs is a wonderful yet very serious responsibility that we approach with excitement and fully understand the importance of,” Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis said in a statement.“Leonard wrote words and songs that have changed our lives, none more so obvious than ‘Hallelujah’ but there are so many more that we look forward to reminding the world of on a daily basis.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHipgnosis Song Management has acquired the song catalog of Leonard Cohen, poet, novelist, performer and one of the most influential songwriters of the past 50 years. The Canadian-born artist, who died in 2016 at the age of 82, is an inductee of both the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.Hipgnosis has acquired rights in all 278 songs and derivatives written by Leonard Cohen, including “Hallelujah,” which has been covered more than 300 times.

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCopenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), which runs in-person March 21-April 3, has revealed the lineup for its music program, Sound & Vision.Highlights of the program, which contains 18 films, include a Nick Cave documentary, a look at the rise and fall of Sinéad O’Connor’s music career, the story behind Leonard Cohen’s hit “Hallelujah,” and an examinations of an album composed by artificial intelligence.

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She's taken to posting favorite quotes from literature and popular music in captions alongside photos on Instagram.And on Tuesday, Selma Blair quoted Leonard Cohen as she shared a series of snaps in which she's wearing a sweater over a leotard and fishnet tights.The actress, 48, posed up a storm on the balcony of a home looking out over a scenic canyon in LA while holding her gold-topped black cane.She posted a few lines from Cohen's Anthem in the caption, sharing: 'Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in.' Blair has come to rely increasingly on canes to help her get about after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018.Over this past summer, she

Justice League cut to mark three years since the original film’s theatrical release – watch it below.The release of Snyder’s version of the 2017 film, which was campaigned for heavily by fans after the director had to back out of the original film due to family reasons, was confirmed back in May.It will be broadcast in four one-hour segments – expected to air on streaming service HBO Max in 2021, though no official release date has been set – before being assembled into one extended film.After sharing a first trailer back in August, a second teaser has now been revealed by Snyder, along with confirmation that the extra scenes shot for the film have now been completed.In the black-and-white trailer, set to Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ as

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Porridge Radio have shared a potent new cover of a Leonard Cohen song in a new video – watch it below now.The band recorded their version of ‘Who By Fire’, which originally appeared on the 1974 album ‘New Skin For The Old Ceremony’, at Camberwell’s St Giles Church.“I’ve loved Leonard Cohen since I was a teenager, and when he died we learnt this song in tribute to him,” frontwoman Dana Margolin explained on Instagram of the story behind the cover.“It’s always been a favourite of ours so we were really happy to record it for our session at St Giles’ Church, Camberwell.

Aimee Mann has shared a cover of Leonard Cohen’s 1971 song ‘Avalanche’ – listen t it below.The haunting cover serves as the theme song for HBO’s true-crime docu-series I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, which is inspired by the book, I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer, written and researched by the late Michelle McNamara.Mann was a friend of McNamara’s, so her being involved in the show which premiered in June is particularly poignant.“My husband, Michael Penn, and I had been close friends with Patton [Oswalt] and Michelle for many years and were very familiar with the ups and downs of her research,” Mann said in a release.“We were completely devastated by her death.

Perfume Genius performed a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Bird On The Wire’ for a residency at Los Angeles’ KCRW station yesterday (September 8).The musician, real name Mike Hadreas, also played ‘On The Floor’ and ‘Jason’, from his latest album ‘Set My Heart On Fire Immediately’.Explaining his vision for the cover, Hadreas said he imagined playing it with a “big pipe organ”.“If I could play this cover anywhere, I think I’d want to play in a big church with a big pipe organ, or if we could somehow get the pipe organ into like a deep dark cave,” he said, before launching into his rendition of the song.Listen to the full set below, with the Cohen cover at the 9-minute mark.Hadreas also provided context for the second single off ‘Set My Heart On

Tenille Townes puts her heart and soul into a cover of “Hallelujah”.

Leonard Cohen fans have reacted angrily after Donald Trump used the musician’s song ‘Hallelujah’ at the conclusion of his Republican National Convention speech last night. Twice.In a musical finale to the event, Tori Kelly’s cover of ‘Hallelujah’ was played, along with the more obvious RNC soundtrack choices of George M Cohan’s ‘She’s A Grand Old Flag’ and Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless The USA’.

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Father John Misty has returned with two brand new songs – listen to ‘To R.’ and ‘To S.’ below.The tracks come as a AA-side, which is part of the Sub Pop Singles Club.The two new songs are Josh Tillman’s first since 2018, when he released his most recent album, ‘God’s Favorite Customer’.Since then, the singer has released a new live album called ‘Off-Key In Hamburg’, which saw proceeds donated to the MusiCares coronavirus relief fund, and released a new Bandcamp EP of Leonard Cohen covers.Listen to new songs ‘To R.’ and ‘To S.’ below.Reviewing the recent ‘Off-Key In Hamburg’ live album, NME wrote: “Thanks to the sterling work of the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, everything here is scattered with a liberal amount of magic dust, elevating it