About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Oscar Peterson, Melissa Auf der Maur, Leonard Cohen, Tim Brady, Frank Marino, Sam Roberts, Alex Gaumond, Jon Lajoie, List of Montreal musicians, Adam Cohen, Empire ISIS, Jerome Xavier DuBois, Jeremy Fisher, Charlie Biddle, Richard Parry, Alys Robi, Regine Chassagne, Wade Hemsworth, Gus Van Go, Wonny Song, Aliceffekt, Win Butler, Chris Velan, Patrick Krief, Bless, Joseph Donovan, Alan Belkin, Joel Zifkin, William Butler, Yves Lapierre, Howard Bilerman, Maurice Zbriger, Brendan Reed, Tim Fletcher, Liam O'Neil, Amanda Mabro, Akido, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Mike Evin, Katie Moore, CFCF, Alexei Perry, Murray Lightburn, Marvin Duchow, Mikey Heppner, Laura Landauer, Mike Dyball, Dan Watchorn. Excerpt: Leonard Norman Cohen, (born 21 September 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments, for the richness of his lyrics, and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career. Musically, Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1967 album, Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music. In the 1970s, his material encompassed pop, cabaret and world music. Since the 1980s, his high baritone voice has dipped into lower registers (bass baritone and bass), with accompaniment from a wide variety of instruments and female backup singers. Over 2,000 renditions of Cohen's songs have been recorded. Cohen has been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame an...
