Leonard Cohen
August 24, 2026, 8:20 am
Sharing the Leonard Cohen love affair
Monsieur Camembert has spent decades reimagining Leonard Cohen's music. Now, ten years after his death, they say the songs still have more to give.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Anita Lester with her twins. Photos: Cara Mand
March 7, 2025, 10:37 am
A soulful musical connection
'We have to pave our own paths. It is so much part of the legacy of being Jewish and it is so much part of the legacy of being a Jewish artist and storyteller'
By Sharyn Kolieb
September 16, 2024, 9:54 am
Celebrating 90 years of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen's music has often been referred to as depressing, but the musicians behind Monsieur Camembert truly believe that there is a lot of light and joy.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Leonard Cohen performs in Hamburg, Germany, May 4, 1970. Photo: Gunter Zint/1970 K& K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA
November 30, 2022, 12:30 pm
Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War concerts to be dramatised
A 22-storey portrait of Leonard Cohen on the side of a building on Montreal's Crescent Street. Photo: Robert Sarner/ Times of Israel
November 12, 2021, 8:30 am
A reluctant star
Canadian journalist Michael Posner has spoken to more than 550 people who knew singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Now he has released the second volume of an epic Cohen biography, revealing what the revered entertainer was really like. The AJN spoke to Posner about the process.
By Jessica Abeslohn
Leonard Cohen at work on the Greek island of Hydra during the 1960s.
October 3, 2019, 4:07 pm
Leonard Cohen’s Greek island love story
British director Nick Broomfield explores the lifelong love of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse in a new documentary which screens at this year’s JIFF.
By STEPHEN APPLEBAUM
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