Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Carried out by a Choir of 4,000 Singers

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By way of­out the years, we’ve fea­tured per­for­mances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a big ama­teur choir from Toron­to that meets week­ly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgar­den’s “Black Gap Solar” (to hon­or Chris Cor­nell), and Pat­ti Smith’s “Peo­ple Have the Pow­er.” Of their lat­est video, they revis­it an outdated favourite: Leonard Cohen’s…

When Leonard Cohen Visitor Starred on Miami Vice (1986)

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Leonard Cohen was Canada’s reply to Bob Dylan. Whereas finest identified per­haps as a singer-song­author who penned the tune “Hal­lelu­jah” — which was cov­ered by Jeff Buck­ley, John Cale and nearly each­one else below the solar — he was additionally at differ­ing factors in his col­or­ful life a poet, a nov­el­ist, a legislation stu­dent and…