Leonard Cohen The Poet, Writer, And Father

Leonard Cohen The Poet, Writer, And Father

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Leonard Cohen died in 2016, leaving behind many unpublished poems and lyrics. His son Adam Cohen discusses ‘The Flame,’ a collection of some of Leonard’s final works. Adam remembers when his father was composing his best known song, Hallelujah. “It took him 12 years. It started when I was very, very young. I’d hear verses, I think there are 84 verses to that song,” Adam says. ‘Thanks for the Dance,’ a new posthumous album of Leonard Cohen songs produced by Adam, is now available.

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