“For many of us, Leonard Cohen was the greatest songwriter of them all,” Nick Cave, who covered Cohen classics like “Avalanche,” “I’m Your Man” and “Suzanne,” said in a statement. “That there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.” “I never had the sense that there was an end,” he said in 1992. He was also the rare artist of his generation to enjoy artistic success into his Eighties, releasing his final album, You Want It Darker, earlier this year. “He was writing up until his last moments with his unique brand of humor.”Ĭohen’s haunting bass voice, nylon-stringed guitar patterns and Greek-chorus backing vocals shaped evocative songs that dealt with love and hate, sex and spirituality, war and peace, ecstasy and depression. “My father passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles with the knowledge that he had completed what he felt was one of his greatest records,” Cohen’s son Adam wrote in a statement to Rolling Stone. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful.” “Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on November 7th,” Cohen’s manager Robert Kory said in a statement. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.” A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. “We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the statement read. Cohen’s label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer’s Facebook page Thursday evening. (If I’m reincarnated as a woman, I want to be a Webb Sister.Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned nearly 50 years, died Monday at the age of 82. Sharon Robinson, Cohen’s longtime collaborator and friend, brings the house down with a gorgeous “Alexandra Leaving.” Hattie Webb duets with Cohen on “Joan of Arc.” Hattie and her sister Charley, along with Robinson, are the coolest, most elegant backing singers imaginable. Neil Larson and Mitch Watkins provide subtle organ and guitar backing to “Bird on the Wire” while Cohen sings from his deepest heart. Javier Mas picks out the lovely introduction to “Dance Me to the End of Love” as Cohen kneels before him. He honors them by taking off his fedora and holding it over his heart while they solo they bow to him when they finish. He’s a limited musician who’s surrounded himself with an exquisite band: nine players and singers from six different countries who could swing and rock and give his songs the space they need. Cohen is bursting with contradictions, and the way he presents and performs his music is a full embrace of them. The evidence was scattered throughout the three-hour concert, in grand gestures and quiet moments.
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