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The Ahs On Mountain Stage

Classically trained cellist Tony Rogers and banjo player Amy McIntire perform their distinctive string music together as The Ahs.

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Related Topix: Hinton, WV, Folk

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Plymouth Evening Herald

Texan troubadour telling tales

AUSTIN, Texas-based singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt - who plays Miss Peapod's, Penryn, on Friday - is an authentic timeless troubadour in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Dave Carter.

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Related Topix: Austin Metro, Danny Schmidt, Folk, Townes Van Zandt

Ultimate-guitar.com

Leonard Cohen: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 [Reviews]

Released: Oct 19, 2009 Genre: Folk Label: Columbia Number Of Tracks: 19 While Leonard Cohen's set at 1970's Isle of Wight Festival is folk music at its purest, his poetic lyrical construction will keep most listeners mesmerized.

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Related Topix: Folk

Sat Nov 21, 2009

About.com

From the Vaults Friday: Skip Spence, Oar

The Year : 1969 The Album : Alexander 'Skip' Spence, Oar Who It Influenced : Beck, Wilco, Tom Waits, Giant Sand, Cat Power, Sandro Perri This year, Scientologist song-and-dance-man Beck started up an online ' Record Club ,' in which he and his pals - brother-in-law Giovanni Ribisi, producer Nigel Godrich, Devendra Banhart , Little Joy, MGMT - would ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Velvet Underground, Folk

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar

Boogie Street Hallelujah I'm Your Man A Thousand Kisses Deep Take This Waltz ENCORE So Long, Marianne First We Take Manhattan Famous Blue Raincoat Closing Time If heaven has a house band, you can be sure Leonard Cohen will lead it.

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Related Topix: Folk, Las Vegas, NV

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Losanjealous

Beck Record Club #3: Skip Spence's Oar Featuring Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell

Following up on covering The Velvet Underground & Nico and Songs of Leonard Cohen , Beck's Record Club takes on Skip Spence's classic Oar along with Wilco, Feist and Jamie Lidell.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Wilco, The Velvet Underground, Folk

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Stereogum

Beck Recruits Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell For Skip Spence "Record Club" Tribute

When not collaborating with Charlotte Gainsbourg on IRM , Beck continues adding covers collections to his Record Club.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Wilco, Folk

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Nashville Scene

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

Zen Cohen When Leonard Cohen took the stage at TPAC 's Jackson Hall last Thursday 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 , we needed about three songs before we got ...

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Related Topix: Folk, Theater, Music, Entertainment

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Globe and Mail

Leonard Cohen: The latest on the greatest

In Other Words is the site blog for Globe Books. It is written by Peter Scowen and by guest bloggers from the literary world.

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Related Topix: Folk, Blog News, France, World News, Croatia

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KansasCity.com

Leonard Cohen fans say 'Hallelujah' to upcoming concert in KC

The first time I heard a Leonard Cohen song, I was 15 or so. My older brothers music tastes had graduated from Bob Dylan and John Prine to other master songwriters like Randy Newman, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen and his album Songs From a Room.I was too nave to appreciate the finer points of some of Cohens lyrics, but I noticed that grainy ...

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Related Topix: Folk, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Las Vegas Review Journal

SOUNDS: Leonard Cohen

There ain't no cure for love, he once noted, though his words do come close to serving as some sort of panacea.

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Related Topix: Folk

Thisisleicestershire.com

Stage left -a taste of Big Apple

In 1929, Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca moved to New York. He didn't like it much and soon left for Cuba.

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Related Topix: Folk

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Nashville Scene

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

There's an old saying that trying to talk about music is like "dancing about architecture." It's not always a graceful dance.

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Related Topix: Folk, Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, Music, Entertainment

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Press-Citizen

CD reviews

Ambitious, charming, unsinkably resourceful and one of the smartest and shrewdest self-promoters in country music, Dolly Parton has grown herself into such a magnificent multimedia superstar over the course of her half-century in show-biz that it's easy to overlook that the possessor of the genre's most angelic, distinctive vocal pipes also is ...

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Related Topix: Dolly Parton, Country, Pop/Rock, Dolly, Folk, Iowa City, IA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

OrlandoSentinel.com - Entertainment

Everything has changed, except Judy Collins

I n some ways, the career of folk empress Judy Collins has come full circle. Take her performance residency last spring.

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Related Topix: Folk, Judy Collins, Orlando, FL, Entertainment

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Reverb

I've Been Listening to Leonard Cohen, Monsters of Folk, and The Rolling Stones

"Passing Through," Live Songs : Cohen strolls through time and encounters historical figures.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Folk, George, WA

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Daily Herald

Robinson, Cohen partners in song

Today at at 8 p.m. Tickets: $49.50-$250 Call: 671-5100 Sharon Robinson was just a backup singer when she caught the ear of folk legend Leonard Cohen in 1980.

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Related Topix: Folk, Chicago Metro

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Metromix Columbus

Leonard Cohen at the Palace Theatre

Though now in his mid-70s, iconic singer Leonard Cohen can still crank out his tunes like no one else.

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Related Topix: Folk, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Cleveland.com

Leonard Cohen: A voice that spans generations will be on display Sunday at PlayhouseSquare

Tickets: $49.50-$252.50. Call 216-241-6000 or 1-866-546-1353. Leonard Cohen never had a hit.

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Related Topix: Folk, Arts, Poetry, Music, Entertainment

Sat Oct 24, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Leonard Cohen is not Dead, Jesus Christ you people are way too tense

Last night, about a month after his 75th birthday , Leonard Cohen packed NYC's Madison Square Garden to the rafters.

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Related Topix: Folk, United Kingdom, Isle of Wight County, England

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