Subject: Leonard Cohen

• A Good Racket

  The Walkmen roll, if not in money

  October 9, 2008

• The Ninth Annual Nashville Scene Country Music Critics Poll: Voters' Comments

  January 15, 2009

• Cage the Elephant to Play Coachella

  At this very moment we are within 24 hours of an initial Bonnaroo lineup announcement. My fingers are still crossed that rumors of a Springsteen appearance will be confirmed and that something very bad happens to Phish. I mean, I don't want them to get maimed or killed or anything, but if one of them were to get a really bad hangnail or something, forcing the cancellation of their tour and eliminating the possibility of (both) their Bonnaroo appearances, then I wouldn't complain. One thing I

  February 2, 2009

• Madeleine Peyroux gets out from under the covers on her latest, Bare Bones

  March 12, 2009

• All the Right Moves

  Josh Ritter talks songwriting, silence and getting compared to Bob Dylan

  November 1, 2007

• Peyroux’s Prerogative

  Madeleine Peyroux may just be the next great vocal interpreter of our time

  March 1, 2007

• Torch and Twang 2004

  Mercurcial Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang to perform with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra

  June 24, 2004

• The Spin

  November 9, 2006

• The Spin

  September 7, 2006

• Courting the Muse

  Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner on songwriting, linguistics and why 2005 sucked

  August 24, 2006

• Leaning Tower of Song

  Leonard Cohen doc a less than ideal introduction

  August 17, 2006

• Solar Powered

  Five-month Belcourt retro showcases Sundance’s best

  July 6, 2006

• Let It Bleed

  New Strokes record gets darker, deeper and louder

  January 12, 2006

• Manitoba Swing

  Canadian string band The Duhks fuse diverse sounds to make bracing new music

  February 24, 2005

• Coffeehouse Confessional

  New albums by Butterfly Boucher and Griffin House seek to stretch the singer-songwriter archetype

  December 9, 2004

• True Believers

  Por Vida gathers circle of witnesses to testify and pay tribute to the legacy of Alejandro Escovedo, the ailing favorite son of the Austin music scene

  July 29, 2004

• Belcourt Theatre 77th Birthday Celebration

  Music

  June 20, 2002

• Out of the Fog

  May 23, 2002

• A Bunch of Losers

  Does anyone really care who wins on Oscar night?

  March 21, 2002

• ARTRAGEOUS ♦ Saturday, 9/29

  Music

  September 27, 2001

• Low Culture

  Local tunesmith crafts distinctive recording with quiet vocals, expansive production

  March 1, 2001

• The Fugitive Kind

  October 8, 1998

• A Still Voice

  July 2, 1998

• Musical Untraining

  March 5, 1998

• Unafraid of the Dark

  February 19, 1998

• Nothing New

  December 18, 1997

• A Prince Among Men

  November 23, 1995

• Through its opium haze, Altman's 1971 Western McCabe & Mrs. Miller still gleams

  July 16, 2009

• Leonard Cohen to Play Tennessee Performing Arts Center Nov. 5

  When Leonard Cohen skipped Nashville on his last tour, I was...well, I wasn't surprised, exactly--people skip our city all the time--but I was kind of surprised, in addition to being more disappointed than I usually am. After all, Cohen recorded Songs From a Room and Songs of Love and Hate here (1968 and 1970, respectively, in sessions with Bob Johnston that included Charlie Daniels). Yeah, people record all kinds of places, so that's not necessarily a big pull later on. But Cohen actually lived

  July 22, 2009

• Leonard Cohen Tickets On Sale Aug. 3

  We've got a little more info to report about the Leonard Cohen show Nov. 5 at TPAC's Jackson Hall. Tickets will go on sale to the public Monday, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. Prices have not been released, but the Cleveland and Asheville shows are selling for $47 to $250, so I would expect that to be about what you'll be paying here. There is a limit of eight tickets per household, so if you've got $1,900 lying around, you'll have to stop there. Pre-sale is July 31, the kind of thing that AEG email list

  July 27, 2009

• Vandaveer at The Basement

  September 10, 2009

• The Nashville Scene 2009 Fall Guide

  September 17, 2009

• Laurie McClain CD Release at The Fiddle & Pick

  September 17, 2009

• Fall Guide: Concerts: From Springsteen and Leonard Cohen to Sharon Jones, a peek at fall’s best shows

  September 17, 2009

• NYC’s Walkmen continue to plug along

  September 24, 2009

• A Record a Day: The First 101

  Back in June, I embarked on an attempt to listen to--and hopefully review, to some extent--365 records in as many days. I encountered a fair amount of criticism in regard to my approach and just how retentive I could be on such a rigorous sonic diet. All criticisms were duly noted, and I admit my experiment has its limitations. But now I'm at 101 records in 102 days, and I've learned a hell of a lot about listening to albums, describing albums and putting important albums into a larger cultural

  October 2, 2009

• Leonard Cohen Tonight at TPAC

  Looks like there are still a few tickets left for tonight's Leonard Cohen show at TPAC. Get 'em here. Speaking of the greatest Jewish Zen monk songwriter in Canadian history, there's a new biography of Cohen coming out soon, and, according to Kevin Richards over at American Songwriter, it gives some details about a new album due out some time in the next year. Better yet, TwentyFourBit reports at least one new song making its way into the repertoire at recent shows--a Chicago performance of "t

  November 5, 2009

• Pretty Lights, KISS, Paramore and more

  November 5, 2009

• Leonard Cohen the sage, better than ever (and Dylan) at 75

  November 5, 2009

• Morning Roundup: Villegas Attorneys File Suit and More

  Lawyers sue for documents relating to last year's incarceration of Juana Villegas, the illegal immigrant who was nine months pregnant and on the verge of childbirth, after a routine stop for a minor traffic violation.... Does the IRS owe you money for a change? Find out here.... Despite yesterday's setback, Common Cause Tennessee continues to push for paper ballots for the 2010 election.... Convention center supporters, um, support the convention center (who knew?), while Metro Council members g

  November 6, 2009

• Leonard Cohen at TPAC's Jackson Hall, 11/5/09

  Steve Cross Check out the slideshow for more photos. When Leonard Cohen took the stage at TPAC's Jackson Hall last night, he and his band probably could have soaked up the rapturous applause for half an hour, but they went right to work, opening with a breezy rendition of "Dance Me to the End of Love." Sitting in our snug theater seats (an unusual comfort for us), we needed about three songs before we got our heads around the fact that yes, we were actually here. In the same room with Leonard

  November 6, 2009

• Leonard Cohen, The Coolin' System, 8 off 8th and more

  November 12, 2009

• Nashville 'Sex Gods' Make a Showing in Spin Magazine's Year-End Readers' Poll

  Behold! The awesome sexuality.​So we're not the only ones gearing up for all sorts of year-end countdowns and polls and whathaveyou. The folks at Spin are hosting a readers' poll, and in addition to having a fake but awesome metal band nominated for Metal Band of the Year (Dethklok) and a bizarre host of nominees for Most Welcome Return (Alice in Chains, Blink-182, Blur, Cranberries, Phish, Jane's Addiction, The Jesus Lizard [!], Leonard Cohen, No Doubt and Sunny Day Real Estate), they als

  December 7, 2009

• The Year in Music: Top Shows

  December 10, 2009

• Rock 'n' Roll Poll 2009 : The local rock scene on the local rock scene

  December 17, 2009

• Lane Kiffin Sewage Center Proposed, Tennessee Fans Not at All Obsessed With Lane Kiffin

  A sewage plant? Burn!According to this NBC report, a Knoxville attorney has proposed that the city rename one of its yucky-water plants the Lane Kiffin Sewage Center. Aw. Drew McElroy, the lawyer who's making good use of his time by putting this proposal forward, says (apparently unironically), "Knowing what we know now, I don't think anybody is angry he's gone." Uh, yeah. Because nothing says, "Your departure from our football program doesn't really bother us at all" like proposing to renam

  January 20, 2010

• Ya Za Wants You to Record for Haiti Benefit EP

  ​I don't know how many of you watched the Haiti telethon Friday night, but I have to say: I haven't hated Sting this little in years! (The presence of ?uestlove on drums might have had something to do with it, but damn if "Driven to Tears" didn't sound like a smart song.) I had to really fight the automatic barf/punch reflex when I saw Kid Rock singing with Sheryl Crow and Keith Urban, too, because, after all, he was doing a good thing. A good thing. I had to keep saying that. I was disapp

  January 25, 2010

• Cassettiquette

  February 11, 2010

• On Dear Lover, Matthew Ryan comes at love from a dramatic angle.

  February 11, 2010

• Breakup Mixtape vs. Makeup Mixtape [Cassettiquette]

  ​For this week's Love Issue, my partner in fart jokes Jim Ridley and I put together dueling mixtapes -- one for the break, one for the make. Why? Because breakup mixes are an important step on the road to recovery it is bitter and because it is your heart, and because the only thing better than makeup sex is a mixtape to play in the background while you're doin' it. In the spirit of the music industry, this bloggy version of the mixtapes features three EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS not available

  February 11, 2010