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A writer’s Scandinavian search for swims, solitude and schnapps
The megashow masters on five decades of giving their fans crazy nights — while filling their own coffers
‘A Crack in Everything’ is less about the artist than the adoration he inspires
Zack Snyder’s DC Comics adaptation is at times barely coherent
Popular with musicians, it was recently voted the most annoying song played to callers on hold
Focused musicianship was compromised by attention-grabbing histrionics from frontman Matt Berninger
The Nashville singer’s songs document her struggles and tribulations
Signs of mainstream consumer interest in physical records waning, says Deloitte
From his 1961 collection ‘The Spice-Box of Earth’
Courtesy insists we treat each other kindly when confronted with spite and bile
So long to a poet and artist for a corrupt and beautiful world
The FT’s pop critic hails an artist who handled dark themes yet resisted despondency
Facebook Live discussion of the singer
How Leonard Cohen’s track became one of music’s most widely covered songs
Artist with reputation for bleakness whose work centred on love, death and religion
The album’s graceful blend of soul, doo-wop and European folk traditions resists defeat
The establishment alone can’t stop him — but can expose his business practices and policy proposals
Nearly two dozen different exhibitions fill the museum’s galleries, a superabundance of art
Similar to Laibach’s upcoming concerts in North Korea, here are four surprising authoritarian entanglements
Recorded during the singer’s ‘Old Ideas’ world tour, the album includes jaunty music with Spanish guitar and R&B organ
Wayne Carson’s song has survived the process of being covered in different genres — country, power-balladry, electropop
The pace is slow, but the songs aren’t somnolent as the singer calmly negotiates themes of violence, love and religion
Ever since Cohen hired Robinson as a backing singer 34 years ago, their work has been entwined. Philippe Sands talks to her about collaboration, inspiration and how the songwriting happens
Leonard Cohen is the post-meltdown messiah, writes Gautam Malkani
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