Artist artifact
Leonard Cohen
Poet-songwriter of sacred and secular longing whose baritone and biblical imagery entered the global folk-pop canon.
Biography
Poet-songwriter of sacred and secular longing whose baritone and biblical imagery entered the global folk-pop canon.
Influence
'Hallelujah' alone became a covered scripture; his late-career tours proved aging authorship could deepen rather than nostalgia-loop.
Historical context
Poet-songwriter of sacred and secular longing whose baritone and biblical imagery entered the global folk-pop canon. 'Hallelujah' alone became a covered scripture; his late-career tours proved aging authorship could deepen rather than nostalgia-loop. He spent years in a Zen monastery mid-career—silence as counterweight to a life of words.
Associated instruments
- Vocals
- Acoustic Guitar
Specimen note
He spent years in a Zen monastery mid-career—silence as counterweight to a life of words.