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Artist. Poet. Friend. This week, we celebrate the music, life, and legacy of Leonard Cohen with someone who knew him well - Perla Batalla. Grammy-nominated Singer/songwriter Perla Batalla first came to prominence as a backing singer for Leonard Cohen during his 1988 I'm Your Man tour and on the 1992 album The Future, in the process forging a deep friendship. With Cohen's encouragement, Perla stepped out as an artist in her own right, releasing a beautifully diverse range of magnificent albums such as Mestiza and Discoteca Batalla, performing at the world's best venues, co-writing and appearing in two one-woman shows, honored by UN and Focus on the Masters. But she has always kept the words and works of Leonard Cohen close to her heart. Her latest album, A Letter to Leonard Cohen: Tribute to a Friend, is her second album of her unique interpretations of Cohen's music, following 2005's Bird on the Wire. It was released the day before what would have been his 90th birthday. Leonard Norman Cohen was born in Quebec on September 21, 1934. Spending the latter part of the ‘50s and first half of the ‘60s as a published poet and author, he shifted his focus to songwriting. From 1967 to 1971, he established himself as a major musical talent with the trilogy of classic albums Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, and Songs of Love and Hate, as well as interpretations by the likes of Judy Collins, Nina Simone, Joe Cocker, and Roberta Flack. He would continue to record and tour sporadically throughout the ‘70s and early ‘80s to widespread acclaim and with some commercial success in Europe. In the late ‘80s & early ‘90s, Cohen gained a new underground audience through his two synth-driven productions, I'm Your Man and The Future, prominent soundtrack placements, a beloved album of interpretations by Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat, and the 1991 high profile tribute album, I'm Your Fan, where a who's who of alternative music disciples like REM, Ian McCulloch, Pixies, James, The House of Love, Robert Forster, Nick Cave, and John Cale paid their respects to the man. The latter artist, John Cale, performed a breathtaking piano version of a song from 1984's Various Positions called “Hallelujah,” in an arrangement that would be borrowed and transcribed to guitar by Jeff Buckley a few years later, which further elevated Leonard Cohen's already mythical status. After spending the latter half of the ‘90s in a monastery as an ordained Buddhist monk, Leonard Cohen returned in the twenty first century to finish what he started, adding six additional studio albums to his catalogue, including the album released weeks before his November 7, 2016 death, You Want It Darker, and the posthumous followup completed by his son Adam, 2019's Thanks For The Dance, as well as multiple live albums, both archival and contemporary. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

”Man skal være lavet af sten, hvis ikke man inspireres af sådan en kærlighed.” Sådan siger den danske kunstner John Kørner om Leonard Cohen og norske Marianne Ihlens kærlighedsaffære på den græske ø Hydra. Gennem hele sin karriere er Cohen vendt tilbage til den klassiske fortælling om kunstnere og musen, mørket og lyset. Og på sit sidste færdiggjorte album ”You Want It Darker” behandler han igen kærligheden gennem kunstens mangefacetterede prismer. Både mørket, lyset, tomheden og lyrikken fascinerer John Kørner, som er dybt påvirket af Cohens måde at udtrykke sin lyrik på i de langsomme sange. I denne første del af ugens Portrætalbum kan du bliver klogere på, hvordan John Kørner bruger netop langsommeligheden og de analoge elementer i sin egen kunst. Udsendelse nr.: 155 Vært: Anders Bøtter Klip og lyddesign: Emil Germod Redaktør: Michelle Mølgaard Andersen Produceret af: Bowie-JettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liebe Leserinnen und Leser,ja, der Untertitel des heutigen Beitrages ist derselbe wie bei meiner vorletzten Besprechung. Passt einfach immer.Elvis has left the building. Bevor der King - unklar ist bis heute, ob er wirklich tot ist - abtrat, zerstörte er sich relativ systematisch selbst und auch mit der Hilfe von anderen seinen Körper und sein Oberstübchen und steht in der langen Reihe derer, deren Gehirnleistung über die Jahrzehnte kontinuierlich abnahm und auch immer konservativer und rechter wurde. Puh.Alle, die beim letzten Satz ob der gesellschaftlich tief verwurzelten Altersfeindlichkeit die Stirn in Falten legten: Glückwunsch, ertappt. Allen anderen: vielleicht ist diese Erzählung, dass Menschen im Alter immer langsamer, konservativer und mäh werden, auch schlichtweg Propaganda, und die Beispiele, die uns hierfür vorgeführt werden, sind nicht mehr als anekdotische Evidenz.Ein heller Stern am literarischen Firmament, der jedes Anzeichen von Altersfeindlichkeit einfach überstrahlt ist King, der Stephen.Gerade ist ein neuer Band von ihm veröffentlicht worden, Kurzgeschichten, Erzählungen und Novellen sind versammelt: “You Like It Darker”, im Deutschen nah am Original: “Ihr wollt es dunkler”. In der Papierausgabe ein schönes Brikett, nämlich 736 Seiten in der deutschen, in der englischen immerhin auch noch 512 Seiten.In der Diskussion mit den Studio B-Kollegen wird es sicher auch konkret um einige der Stories gehen, aber hier soll nichts zum Inhalt verraten werden. Zumindest nicht zum Inhalt des literarischen Werkes.Für mich fühlte es sich die ganze Zeit wie Abschied an. Machen wir uns nichts vor: Stephen King wird leider nicht jünger, Schriftsteller seiner Generation haben entweder bereits ihren Abschied verkündet (Don Winslow) oder übergeben nach und nach an Familienmitglieder (Lee Child), und auch der King himself (Stephen) hat bei nicht wenigen seiner letzten Werke mit seinen Söhnen kooperiert.Der Titel erinnerte mich sofort an You Want It Darker, die letzte Platte von Leonhard Cohen, die kurz vor seinem Tod veröffentlicht wurde. Die andere Assoziation zum Titel ist Some Like It Hot, aber das sind eben die Wirren des Gehirns.You Want It Darker ist eine Empfehlung von mir, vor allem für das Nachwort. Versteht mich nicht falsch: einige der Stories sind sensationell und überraschen, einige sind aber auch klassische 1980er/90er Stücke, bei denen ich den Eindruck hatte, dass Stephen King damit kämpft sich zu entscheiden, was er mit der jeweiligen Idee nun eigentlich machen möchte, und da ihm als genre-übergreifender Tausendsassa auch die übernatürliche Galaxie offen steht, greift er dann manchmal doch zu - nun ja - etwas altbackenen Klötzchen?Zum Sahnehäubchen des Buches, zum Nachwort:Das Gefühl des Abschieds verstärkt sich, wenn er über seinen literarischen Arbeitsprozess, die (Ab-)Gründe seiner Fantasie, die Genese schreibt. Allein diese wenigen Seiten, die plastisch beschreiben, wie seine Geschichten zu ihm kommen, (und hier kommt doch ein Spoiler): er kann es nicht nachvollziehen, und dann in einem Nebensatz erklärt, dass er sich wohl “im Spektrum befindet”, aber das auch ziemlich egal findet. Und wieder einmal seine Haltung zeigt, die ihn über die letzten Jahrzehnte ausgezeichnet hat: nicht nur die Verwerfungen der Welt und ihre Entwicklung sehen und lamentieren oder gar in seinen Werken ignorierend, sondern im Alter immer klarer sehend, wo er als nun alter weiser Mann steht, und dabei solidarisch zu sein und seine Stimme dafür zu nutzen. Auch wegen seiner Twitterkommentare wurde die Plattform am Ende zerstört, aber falls ihr noch da seid, schaut vorbei. Schön, wie er mit den Leuten interagiert und ab und zu pöbelt.Gleichzeitig bestätigt er - um den Bogen zum Literarischen zurückzuschlagen -, dass die Form der Kurzgeschichte nicht seine stärkste ist, puh. Gut, das empfand ich ähnlich.Ich hoffe sehr, dass dies kein Abschiedsbuch ist. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com

For the first time in almost 20 episodes, we welcome a guest onto the pod, Charlie Harding, songwriter and co-host of Switched on Pop, a podcast about the making and meaning of popular music, and one that is a regular in both of our podcast queues. We get straight into it with Charlie about losing the recordings of big interviews, press him about why he called "Birds of a Feather" Billie Eilish's first 'real' pop song before exposing an unexpected musical parallel between "Bad Guy" and Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker", discuss music as a competition and music podcasts/journalism as NOT a competition (he shares his personal faves), his sensitivity to sound especially in restaurants, Cowboy Carter being a beyond dissertation level work of musical scholarship, the possible Dolly Parton/Kacey Musgraves influence on "Please, Please, Please", and the parallels and non-parallels between Brat and Yeezus. Skip forward to (14:20) to get straight into the interview, but if you stick around for our intro you'll hear life updates about Alex's move, a quick assessment of the result of the NBA finals, and a slightly-too-long tangent about whether or not we close the lid before flushing a #2.

Stephen King celebrates 50 years of publishing with You Like It Darker, his first collection of short stories since 2020's If It Bleeds. The title honors Leonard Cohen's “You Want It Darker”, the late singer/songwriter's elegiac acceptance of his mortality as he shuffled off this mortal coil.

En français québécois, nous avons une prononciation particulière de certaines combinaisons de consonnes et de voyelles* Du* Di* Tu* TiCes sons se prononcent comme suit* Dzu* Dzi* Tsu* TsiCette prononciation s'entend aussi en France, mais de façon moins prononcée. Je vous donne un exemple en lisant un article, avec ma prononciation que je juge comme étant québécoise standard.Et bien sûr, écoutez le nouvel album des Cowboys Fringants, avec la voix du regretté Karl Tremblay. Subscribe to receive the free newsletter. Upgrade to access members-only content and group lessons.Le nouvel album des Cowboys Fringants!Sur Pub Royal, lancé en surprise mercredi à minuit, Karl Tremblay fait ses adieux à ses amis. Voici nos premières impressions, à chaud et à chaudes larmes, de l'ultime album des Cowboys Fringants.(…)Rares sont les artistes ayant la chance de choisir les mots et les images qu'ils emploieront avant de tirer leur révérence, comme ce fut le cas de David Bowie avec Blackstar (2016), de Leonard Cohen avec You Want It Darker (2016) ou de Warren Zevon avec The Wind (2003). Mais c'est bel et bien ce qu'est Pub Royal : un lumineux au revoir, conçu avec la conscience qu'il s'agirait d'un au revoir, empreint de cette gratitude qui aura permis aux Cowboys Fringants, depuis leurs débuts, de gagner tant de Québécois à la cause de la nécessaire folie.➡️ Lire l'article dans La Presse. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frenchwithfrederic.com/subscribe

Avec Leonard Cohen, Joe Cocker et Foreigner. Sorti 17 jours avant sa disparition, "You Want It Darker" est la lettre d'adieu de Leonard Cohen à ses fans, avec la chorale de Gideon Zelermyer, la Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir. En 69 pour enregistrer ce mythique "With A Little Help From My Friends" des Beatles, Joe Cocker s'appuie sur une équipe de musiciens formidables (Jimmy Page à la guitare) et des choristes de grand talent issues de la musique soul (Madeline Bell Reeves, Rosette Hightower, Sunny Wheetman, Patrice Yvonne Holloway). En 84, Mick Jones de Foreigner sort "I Want To Know What Love Is" avec une chorale gospel, la New Jersey Mass Choir. --- Du lundi au vendredi, Fanny Gillard et Laurent Rieppi vous dévoilent l'univers rock, au travers de thèmes comme ceux de l'éducation, des rockers en prison, les objets de la culture rock, les groupes familiaux et leurs déboires, et bien d'autres, chaque matin dans Coffee on the Rocks à 6h30 et rediffusion à 13h30 dans Lunch Around The Clock.

Ahead of the launch of Twisted Branches (coming Oct 2023 from Black Shuck Books), Rachel Knightley talks to Trevor Kennedy of Big Hits Radio UK for his horror spot on the Sunday Service. In return, Trevor come to the Writers' Gym to talk about his freelance writing life and how confidence in our voices is only ever half the story of what it feels like to be a professional writer.   Big thanks to Big Hits Radio UK for the interview material. Sadly we cannot attach the songs of choice: You Want It Darker is the title track of Leonard Cohen's 2016 album. We trust you to go and play it after the interviews!   For the full Writers' Gym workout, subscribe via Substack or email info@rachelknightley.com   Born in 1976, Trevor Kennedy is a writer and editor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has been working in the genre literary field for around ten years now, although he has been a fan of all things weird and fantastical for as long as he can remember. He edits Phantasmagoria Magazine and its spin-off Special Edition Series, along with other related books under his TK Pulp imprint. Trevor is also a radio presenter for Big Hits Radio UK and co-host of Citizen Frame film review podcast. His day job is a complaints handler for Channel 4 (UK). Previous employment includes as a lithographic colour proofer, composite operator for Bombardier Shorts aircraft manufacturers, the BBC Complaints department, call centre operative and brief stints as a security guard and industrial cleaner. He can be contacted by email at tkboss@hotmail.com and his brand new collection, Bad Dreams and Reflections, is published by Dark Owl Publishing and available worldwide from Amazon and other bookstores.  

Hoje, no quadro Estreia e Despedida, falamos do primeiro e do último albuns do cantor e compositor canadense Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen, de 1967, e You Want It Darker, de 2016 Lançados com quase 50 anos de diferença, mostram o mesmo cantor elegante e letrista brilhante em ambos os discos, com arranjos minimalistas e belíssimos.

"Normalt ville jeg ikke på relativt kort tid tage til fire koncerter med samme artist. Men jeg var bare hooked!" Camille Grey beskriver sig selv som en “storytelling country singer-songwriter". Med sin store stemme og sit autoharpe-spil beretter hun om sine oplevelser særligt i den sydlige del af USA. En vigtig sang i hendes liv er "In My Secret Life", åbningsnummeret på Leonard Cohens Ten New Songs (2001), produceret i tæt samarbejde med sangeren og sangskriveren Sharon Robinson. "In My Secret Life" er en krammer, når Camille har brug for en krammer, og den minder hende om det enkles poesi - noget hun selv har som rettesnor i sin sangskrivning. Og så var den højdepunktet alle fire gange, Camille nåede at opleve Cohen under hans intensive turnévirksomhed i karrierens efterår. Koncerter, der for Camille selv bød på forelskelse og mødet med en gammel flamme... Camille Grey er senest aktuel med albummet Confessions of a Cowgirl (https://camillegrey.lnk.to/ConfessionsOfACowgirlRelease) (2020), indspillet både i countryens højborg Nashville og "Breaking Bad"-byen Albuquerque i det støvede New Mexico. Varighed: 7:03

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as one of the most distinctive voices of 1970s pop music. Already established as a poet and novelist (his first book of poems, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956), Cohen became interested in the Greenwich Village folk scene while living in New York City during the mid-1960s, and he began setting his poems to music. In 1967 Judy Collins recorded two of his songs, “Suzanne” and “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” and that same year Cohen began performing in public, including an appearance at the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival. By the end of the year, he had recorded The Songs of Leonard Cohen, which included the melancholy “Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye.” That album was followed by Songs from a Room (1969), featuring the now often-covered “Bird on a Wire,” and Songs of Love and Hate (1971).Though some did not care for Cohen's baritone voice and deadpan delivery, he mostly enjoyed critical and commercial success. Leonard Cohen: Live Songs (1973) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) further deepened Cohen's standing as a songwriter of exceptional emotional power. His career then took a decided turn for the worse with the disappointing Death of a Ladies' Man (1977), a collaboration with legendary producer Phil Spector, whose grandiose style was ill suited to Cohen's understated songs. For most of the 1980s Cohen was out of favour, but his 1988 album, I'm Your Man, included the club hits “First We Take Manhattan” and “Everybody Knows” and introduced his songwriting to a new generation. In addition, Various Positions (1984) included what became Cohen's best-known song, “Hallelujah.” Although it did not initially receive much attention, the single gained widespread popularity when covered by Jeff Buckley in 1994. The ballad was later performed or recorded by hundreds of artists and featured in soundtracks of TV shows and films.After releasing The Future (1992), he retired to a Buddhist monastery outside Los Angeles. He emerged in 1999 and returned to the studio, producing Ten New Songs (2001) and Dear Heather (2004). Released just weeks before his death, Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker (2016), was received by critics as a late-period masterpiece. For the title track, he posthumously received a Grammy Award for best rock performance. In 2008 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2010 he was honoured with a Grammy for lifetime achievement.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonard-Cohen.For more information about Leonard Cohen:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Salman Rushdie about Cohen, at 35:17: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-168-salman-rushdiePico Iyer about Cohen, at 18:18: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-004-pico-iyer“Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker”: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker“Leonard Cohen”: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/leonard-cohen“David Lynch: Where do ideas come from?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxr-7O1Bfxg

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Today's Quotation is care of Leonard Cohen.Listen in!Subscribe to the Quarantine Tapes at quarantinetapes.com or search for the Quarantine Tapes on your favorite podcast app!Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as one of the most distinctive voices of 1970s pop music. Already established as a poet and novelist (his first book of poems, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956), Cohen became interested in the Greenwich Village folk scene while living in New York City during the mid-1960s, and he began setting his poems to music. In 1967 Judy Collins recorded two of his songs, “Suzanne” and “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” and that same year Cohen began performing in public, including an appearance at the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival. By the end of the year, he had recorded The Songs of Leonard Cohen, which included the melancholy “Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye.” That album was followed by Songs from a Room (1969), featuring the now often-covered “Bird on a Wire,” and Songs of Love and Hate (1971).Though some did not care for Cohen's baritone voice and deadpan delivery, he mostly enjoyed critical and commercial success. Leonard Cohen: Live Songs (1973) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) further deepened Cohen's standing as a songwriter of exceptional emotional power. His career then took a decided turn for the worse with the disappointing Death of a Ladies' Man (1977), a collaboration with legendary producer Phil Spector, whose grandiose style was ill suited to Cohen's understated songs. For most of the 1980s Cohen was out of favour, but his 1988 album, I'm Your Man, included the club hits “First We Take Manhattan” and “Everybody Knows” and introduced his songwriting to a new generation. In addition, Various Positions (1984) included what became Cohen's best-known song, “Hallelujah.” Although it did not initially receive much attention, the single gained widespread popularity when covered by Jeff Buckley in 1994. The ballad was later performed or recorded by hundreds of artists and featured in soundtracks of TV shows and films.After releasing The Future (1992), he retired to a Buddhist monastery outside Los Angeles. He emerged in 1999 and returned to the studio, producing Ten New Songs (2001) and Dear Heather (2004). Released just weeks before his death, Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker (2016), was received by critics as a late-period masterpiece. For the title track, he posthumously received a Grammy Award for best rock performance. In 2008 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2010 he was honored with a Grammy for lifetime achievement.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonard-Cohen.For more information about Leonard Cohen:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Salman Rushdie about Cohen, at 35:17: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-168-salman-rushdiePico Iyer about Cohen, at 18:18: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-004-pico-iyer“Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker”: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker“Leonard Cohen”: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/leonard-cohen

- Opening Salvo - Young John Watson - I got eyes [Federal 1953] 45 rpm* Bed - Rolling Stones - 2120 S. Michigan AveSet 1       Did You See Her Eyes? Yeh Yeh....- The Nazz - Open my eyes [SGC 1968] 45 rpm- The Illusion - Did you see her eyes [Steed 1969] 45 rpm* IDs- Sixteen Horsepower - Black soul choir [A&M 1995] LP - Sackcloth & Ashes- Saddar Bazaar - The Process [Delerium 1999] LP - Path of the Rose- Mongo Santamaria - Yeh Yeh [Battle 1965] LP - Watermellon Man* Bed - see aboveSet 2      Mr. & Mrs.- JB Lenoir - What about your daughter [Checker 1956] 45 rpm- Little Johnny Taylor - Somewhere down the line [Galaxy 1963] 45 rpm* IDs- Tramline - R&R Woman [Island / A&M 1968] LP - Somewhere Down The Line- Rush - Mr. Soul [Anthem 2004] LP - Feedback* Bed - see aboveSet 3 - You Want It Darker?- Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Dark on you now [Columbia 1967] LP - The PBC is Spreading- Mike Scott - My dark side [Chrysalis 1997] LP - Still Burning* IDs- Spirit - Dark-eyed woman [Ode 1969] LP - Clear- Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night [cold was the ground] [Columbia 1928] 78 rpm- Leonard Cohen - You want it darker? [Columbia 2016] LP - You Want It Darker?* Bed- see aboveOver & Out- Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue rondo ala turk [Columbia 1959] LP - Time Out

WHAT WOULD LEONARD COHEN DO? : If you’re a hardworking creative soul striving to continue doing the work of the expressive imagination, striving to honor an authentic vision that resists the forces of market optimization, you could do a lot worse than immerse yourself in Leonard Cohen’s corpus and give this question your consideration: What would Leonard do? Mentioned in this episode: Leonard Cohen; Cohen's "Hallelujah"; Songs of Leonard Cohen; Cohen's 1963 debut novel The Favorite Game; CBC Television; Cohen's novel Beautiful Losers; Cohen's performance style; Bob Dylan; Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat"; Zen; Mount Baldy; Leonard Cohen world tour; skipping at age 78; Cohen's album You Want It Darker; Cohen's album Thanks for the Dance; Feist; Beck; Damien Rice. This episode reprised from the ITA archives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support

069: Mai BloomfieldGood morning! This is Play It Like It’s Music. I’m Trevor, thanks for listening. I’m glad to be back with you on a new morning, whatever the day brings!On Wednesday, January 6th of 2021 music is not content. More than ever, It’s connection. OK. NEWSFLASH. I’m going to put up an instrumental album on February 1st. I’ve started it, and I’m working on it this month. I promise that it will be good, I’m excited about the toolkit I’ve assembled here and it’s time to stop dicking around. I’m saying it to you in public because otherwise I know I’ll find a million excuses to postpone or just forget about it. I’ll be making many demos and putting them up on my soundcloud page if you’re interested in checking out the process. Keep in mind these are not songs - the song album will take longer than this one will, and is also very much in the works.Wish me luck!(Thanks!)So welcome back to the show here. I took a couple of weeks off at the end of the year and it was so welcome, to just decompress and put that whole 2020 in the rearview. When I put Ann Courtney’s episode up at the top of the year I decided I was serious about doing this. I had been back and forth a bit on the podcast before that but I decided I was not gonna care about the numbers, just focus on making quality connections with quality people. And some cool things happened.I started booking a bunch of production work right off the bat in January, and then it all went away with Covid. But it was definitely a sign - while the world was still ticking - that putting your voice and your self out into the world is totally worth it, it’s the way to ensure your energy takes form. Who it reaches and how are not up to you.Now let me tell you something:The “artist-career/star” model of the music biz is very much a joke at this point. I got started in music because music was boiling in my body, and it still is. Living the dream ain’t bad, but you can make your living any way you want.Now don’t get me wrong: I work in music, that’s a fact. Still, it’s worth taking a moment to specify for yourself exactly which quote-unquote “dream” you’re signing up to live. Because for your life, it should be your own dream and not someone else’s. That image of the star musician killing in on stage in front of thousands of people is one way it can manifest for you, but “dreams” like that are similar in scope to somebody else’s “dream” of reaching the top of mount Everest. It is doable? YES! It is worth doing? Probably? Will you learn a lot? Yes. Will people be psyched for you if you do it? Most definitely! But do you want to live there your whole life? The air can get thin.We have to be real about what a musical life really is. I’m not here to tell you that it is a certain way either, just to remind you that music will empower and enrich your life in ways nothing else can touch. And that this wealth also brings with it an opportunity to choose exactly how you’re gonna spend it. Choose how to direct your energy. Choose what you’re going to believe while you do this work.For myself, I believe the following: that Life is beautiful. Family is a choice. Our relationships are the circuitry of society. We must make the most of the time we have. Humanity does not know our destiny. Beauty is progress, not perfection. Strength is a lifetime quest. There is an artist within each of us. And we belong to this place and this time, so let’s get on with the show.Welcome to next year. We’re in it. And I’ve got a great guest on the show today to send us off.Mai Bloomfield is a singer-songwriter-cellist-guitarist from California. As a solo artist, she has received songwriting awards from the Kerrville, Telluride and Rocky Mountain Folks Festivals. She brings the hits: As a collaborator, she’s worked with various artists including Jason Mraz, Adam Cohen, Sara Bareilles and Willy Porter. She had the honor of playing on Leonard Cohen’s album “You Want It Darker.” Along with her bandmates of 15 years in Raining Jane she co-wrote Jason Mraz’s chart-topping album “Yes!” (2014) as well as his 2018 hit single “Have It All.” She’s toured the world with Mraz in venues ranging from coffee shops to the Royal Albert Hall.Mai also has a drive for civic engagement: In 2010 she helped start the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles, a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls through music, where she teaches songwriting and serves as Art Director year-round. Her songs often speak of the pursuit of finding the light inside the dark – a theme that was magnified in her own life when she became a breast cancer survivor. She is currently working on a book about that experience and the insights that came through it, and hopes her story will inspire and encourage others on their creative paths.I met Mai in a classic road encounter between cellists: I was on tour and had just found my own cello to have been destroyed by baggage handlers. Gigs were ongoing and needed to call in a favor QUICK to complete my obligations for the tour. Luckily our mutual friend Emily Hope Price (from Episode 1) decided we should know each other. Mai lent me her cello sight unseen for the show in LA and we’ve been connected ever since. I’ve never met such a kind, abundantly talented and generous musician on the road as Mai Bloomfield, and it’s a privilege to present our conversation to you now.Quick ask: if you believe this show deserves a wider audience, please tell a friend:Without further ado, here’s Mai. (Here’s a track called Running Out Of Time)It’s an honor to have her on the show.Press PLAY above to hear my conversation with Mai Bloomfield.Or subscribe in your podcast app: Apple Podcasts - Spotify- Stitcher - TuneIn - Overcast - PocketcastThanks for listening to Play It Like It’s Music. Thanks so much to Mai Bloomfield for spending some very generous time with us. You can find Mai at Mai Bloomfield dot com and follow her on Facebook and IG @maibloomfield.Here’s a link to her latest release, “Three Little Words”.I can’t believe we’ve gotten to 69 shows! If you believe this show deserves a wider audience in 2021, please tell a friend:Follow me on twitter @trevorexter and talk to me on there if you have thoughts about the show.We're all contending with a mutating professional landscape, jacked revenue streams, a catastrophic global pandemic and plenty of other noise out here.But you gotta keep playing:We don't draw any lines here between scenes or styles.As always, thank you for listening and remember to play it like its music.You can check out my music on bandcamp and other places. It’s all at my website, trevorexter.com. Sign the mailing list on substack to get this show sent right to you the very moment it comes out. Music is a beautiful thing and it makes the world go round.Big love to your ears.Trevor(Did you press play yet?)...Do you like this stuff? 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If you’re a hardworking creative soul striving to continue doing the work of the expressive imagination, striving to honor an authentic vision that resists the forces of market optimization, you could do a lot worse than immerse yourself in Leonard Cohen’s corpus and give this question your consideration: What would Leonard do? Mentioned in this episode: Leonard Cohen; Cohen's "Hallelujah"; Songs of Leonard Cohen; Cohen's 1963 debut novel The Favorite Game; CBC Television; Cohen's novel Beautiful Losers; Cohen's performance style; Bob Dylan; Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat"; Zen; Mount Baldy; Leonard Cohen world tour; skipping at age 78; Cohen's album You Want It Darker; Cohen's album Thanks for the Dance; Feist; Beck; Damien Rice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support

Texas born & California raised, in Alameda, Patrick Baker aka “The Dark Sea” lives in Los Angeles. Patrick grew up between two musical worlds: his parents record collection from the pop/rock of 60’s and rock/hiphop of the 90’s. Patrick used to bring his guitar with him to high school every day and spent 6 hours a day playing guitar. While studying jazz at SF State and songwriting at The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, he played guitar in bands in the Bay Area before moving to LA to learn music production from Cre8 Academy in Hollywood. He’s spent the last few years songwriting and producing for local artists around town. “The Dark Sea” writes emotionally honest lyrics dealing with his struggles with depression, loneliness, interpersonal relationships, and social issues. The sound has been described as Pavement fronting the Foo Fighters. He borrows the dynamics and a lot of the clean/distorted heaviness from the early-mid 90’s era. “I never intended to be a singer. I was always frustrated with writing songs for others to sing so I decided to learn how to sing a few years back. One of other my goals is to inspire people to play guitar as well.” Patrick grew up listening to some of the best guitar riff music: Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses, and Metallica mostly because he wasn’t sure there’s anything sexier than a great riff. Currently influenced by Red hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles and Smashing Pumpkins, his next project will have a more urban flavor with lots of guitars because he is on a 90’s alt rock kick right now. Recently, he released his 1st release as the Dark Sea “My Brother’s Keeper” and a Leonard Cohen cover and under his producer handle Pbutter, you can take a listen to “You Want It Darker”. Look for his upcoming alt rock EP in the next few months. Website thedarkseamusic.com Instagram or Facebook @thedarkseamusic

MC：大西红柿干货满满的NFL休赛期总结，这是第一部分，主要聊了选秀日之前的事儿，比如新劳资协议光速通过，四分卫们的大变动，自由球员签约等等。当然，最重要的还是布雷迪和爱国者的分道扬镳，身为爱国者铁粉的大西总会怎么评价这次“分手”呢？也许片尾曲能说明些问题！songlist：《On Hold》by The xx《You Want It Darker》by Leonard Cohan《Please Don't Go》by Joel Adams

MC：大西红柿干货满满的NFL休赛期总结，这是第一部分，主要聊了选秀日之前的事儿，比如新劳资协议光速通过，四分卫们的大变动，自由球员签约等等。当然，最重要的还是布雷迪和爱国者的分道扬镳，身为爱国者铁粉的大西总会怎么评价这次“分手”呢？也许片尾曲能说明些问题！songlist：《On Hold》by The xx《You Want It Darker》by Leonard Cohan《Please Don't Go》by Joel Adams

Mai is a singer-songwriter-cellist-guitarist from California. As a solo artist, she has received songwriting awards from the Kerrville, Telluride, and Rocky Mountain Folks Festivals. As a collaborator, she’s worked with various artists including Raining Jane, Jason Mraz, Adam Cohen, Sara Bareilles, Willy Porter. In 2016 she played cello on Leonard Cohen’s album “You Want It Darker.” Along with her bandmates of 15 years (Raining Jane) she co-wrote Jason Mraz’s chart-topping album “Yes!” (2014) as well as his 2018 hit single “Have It All” and she has toured with Mraz around the world. In 2010 Mai helped start the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles, a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls through music, where she teaches songwriting and serves as Art Director. She has also led songwriting workshops at the Song School in Colorado, Rain City Rock in Seattle, and The Americana Song Academy in Sisters, Oregon. Whether performing, writing, or mentoring, Mai brings a combination of strength and vulnerability to her work. Her songs often speak of the pursuit of finding the light inside the dark –a theme that was magnified in her own life when she became a breast cancer survivor. She is currently working on a book about that experience and hopes her story will inspire and encourage others on their creative paths.In our conversation from 2017 Mai Bloomfield shares: What breast cancer taught her about the creative process, her process of co-writing with Jason Mraz and her band Raining Jane, and her philosophy of collaboration in writing and performing. Also… Mai shares a song that came into being in a unique or magical way –her song “Sway” –that she wrote during some time she’d spent at Leonard Cohen’s home in Montreal.

THE LIED TO'SOn his very last record, Leonard Cohen utters the words, “You Want It Darker.” The Lied To's can relate.The duo, Susan Levine and Doug Kwartler, who are set to release their new record The Lesser of Two Evils on May 11, 2018, have reason to connect with Cohen's sentiment. Both weathered bitter divorces and were left to pick up the physical, financial and emotional pieces. They met at a folk festival and after the dust settled, started working together. Soon a musical partnership evolved into a personal one.Both Kwartler and Levine are single parents to two kids each. While juggling family life, music, and their relationship can fuel inspiration for songwriting, it can also be a struggle. “Like everyone else is feeling right now, except maybe the 1%, you just go about your day looking straight ahead trying to get things done,” Kwartler says, adding, “You work, pay bills, take care of your kids, have a relationship, and deal with your past…oh, and we also try to make music. The new record covers all that.” Levine continues, “While the songs are not purely autobiographical, the emotional truths definitely come from everything we've been through.”Despite the challenges, The Lied To's have made solid headway as an Americana duo in a very crowded Americana duo scene. Their 2015, self-titled debut album made waves in Americana and Folk radio and rose to #3 on the roots music charts. They landed in the top 100 on the prestigious No Depression readers' poll and they were called, “…one of the finest contemporary guy/gal duos on the scene today,” by Boston's Metronome Magazine, who also picked their CD as a top 20 of the year. Add in successful shows at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, the renowned Club Passim in Cambridge, MA and many top folk-coffeehouses in the area, and The Lied To's forged their own way and made a name for themselves

Leonard Cohen died three weeks after releasing his last record, You Want It Darker, in 2016. It was the first album he worked on this son, Adam. In mourning, Adam turned his attention to poem's of his father's that he recorded while putting that last record together. He then decided to set those poems to music. The result is Leonard Cohen's new album, Thanks for the Dace. Adam talks with Rick Rubin form Shangri La about his father's musical legacy, family life and how this album came together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These two fellas talk about Morgan's weekend at Just Like Heaven Festival in Long Beach, California, and the spirit and goings on in Long Beach in general. They cover chain restaurants including The Outback Steakhouse, and Chili's among others. In the news, The Cure's Robert Smith is curating an upcoming music festival, Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" is seeing a resurgence in streams after its placement in Sonic The Hedgehog, Tinder has a music festival app, Neal Young is writing a book about high fidelity sound, and we all love Pizza Port's Chronic Ale. This week's album review: "You Want It Darker" by Leonard Cohen Next week's album review: "Egowerk" by The Faint

The guys talk about Kenan and Kel, or really just Kel's affinity for orange soda, Ariel's new boots, Disneyland and self improvement. They discussed the potential cancellation of Woodstock's 50th anniversary, Tool teasing a new album ahead of their upcoming tour, the National's new album and full length film, an upcoming documentary about Bob Moog, and of course the recent alleged herpes outbreak surrounding the Coachella Arts and Music Festival. This week's album review: "Painted Ruins" by Grizzly Bear Next week's album review: "You Want It Darker" by Leonard Cohen

 Songs From A Room á Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2pTyJZOTqFYn2UPP30zZNl?si=nm9rrPNJS1-_Rheo4KnJoA  Sending til minnis um Leonard Cohen - samrøðan við Knút byrjar á 34:00: http://kvf.fo/sending/stakar-sendingar?sid=61402  Samrøða um You Want It Darker: http://kvf.fo/gmf?sid=60521 

1 Treaty 2 Going Home 3 Famous Blue Raincoat 4 Dance Me to the End of Love (Live) 5 If I Didn't Have Your Love 6 Never Any Good 7 You Want It Darker 8 It Seemed the Better Way 9 On That Day 10 Everybody Knows 11 Suzanne 12 Darkness 13 Tower of Song 14 Closing Time 15 Anthem 16 So Long, Marianne 17 If It Be Your Will 18 Steer Your Way 19 Hallelujah 20 In My Secret Life 21 Lullaby 22 Leaving the Table 23 The Future 24 I'm Your Man 25 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye 26 Take This Waltz

Jonathan Mahler on Leonard Cohen's “You Want It Darker.”

Bob Dylan has won a Nobel Prize for Literature. This naturally has blown Patrick's mind.Another legendary poet/songwriter, Leonard Cohen is back with, You Want It Darker, his self-proclaimed final album. We're digging into Cohen's latest tome, exploring the legacy that he's leaving behind, and more.PLUS! Guitarist Daniel Bachman has a new self-titled album, and we've got your first taste of his latest instrumental goodness.Show NotesBob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature [Pitchfork]Dylan, Master Poet? Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [New York Times]Learn more about Daniel BachmanOfficial Site | Facebook | Twitter | BandcampListen On: Spotify | Apple MusicCheck out the track "Brightleaf Blues" from Daniel Bachman's new self-titled LP, below!Daniel Bachman [2016] by Daniel Bachman TIP JAR You Want It DarkerLeonard CohenKevin: Stream ItPatrick: Buy ItEduardo: Buy ItLINKSOfficial SiteFacebookLISTEN ONSpotifyApple Music Upcoming Tour Dates See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clear your day for Leonard Cohen. (Well, a least a portion of it.) With his soft vocals and poetic flair, Leonard Cohen has been speaking to a generation of poets as well as musicians ever since the 1960s. Today we'll be speaking to both camps as we take on Cohen's latest album You Want It Darker. Also, stick around for a brief compare & contrast discussion on universality and general appeal vs. the personal effect and specificity. *** [Edit: This episode was released three days before Leonard Cohen's unfortunate passing. We are deeply saddened by his loss and we hope this episode is taken as a celebration of his work, despite its ill-timed release. The following interpretations of his final album and life's work are opinion-based and, we hope, considerate of his legacy.] Continue reading

On the TFT Podcast, we listen to and discuss Leonard Cohen’s “You Want It Darker.” Episode 235: I’m Leonard and You’re God, and I’m Outta Heeeeeeere originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Leonard Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker, dropped last Friday. Coupled with a new David Remnick profile of Cohen in The New Yorker, the reviews have been pretty gushing. The Nose's take isn't quite as one-note.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Destaque esta semana no PBX (parceria Expresso / Radar) a dois octogenários cheios de vitalidade: Leonard Cohen com o novo álbum You Want It Darker e Woody Allen com o seu novo filme, Café Society

Negotiated disappointment (and other inspirations).