October 19, 2009

Digging For Covers: Songs by Leonard Cohen

Johnny Cash - "Bird On A Wire" (link fixed!)

Nina Simone - "Suzanne"

The Walkmen - "Passin' Through"

Serena Ryder - "Sisters of Mercy"

Rufus Wainwright - "Chelsea Hotel, No. 2"

(Art by Ben Kehoe)

Buy it at Insound!Leonard Cohen

6 comments:

  1. the first and fourth songs have some errors in the singer/song/links

    Cohen is a long time favorite. I've never heard any covers of his songs before. Interesting.

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  2. Thanks for noticing that. All the links are working now.

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  3. a very nice and somewhat eclectic group of covering artists covering some of the best lyrics. thank you, Sir.

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  4. Thank you for the covers by Vandaveer and Serena Ryder; I had never heard either and both are particularly lovely!

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  5. http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2009/08/happy_at_last_a_tribute_to_leo_2.html

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  6. going back through some old posts. love this one. also saw 'i'm your man' a couple days ago. this Martha Wainwright version of Traitor is a good addition to the list above.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgYxYYqbHc&feature=related

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