Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows - Hardcover

Kubernik, Harvey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785580175 ISBN 13: 9781785580178

Publisher: Omnibus Press, 2015

Synopsis

Updated edition to include details of his 13th studio album Popular Problems, released a day after his 80th birthday in September 2014 to positive reviews with The Telegraph calling the album 'a masterpiece.' Lavishly illustrated, respected journalist Harvey Kubernik charts Leonard Cohen's extraordinary career in detail, placing his literary and musical achievements within the context of his life.From his beginnings as a writer and poet, through his classic albums of the sixties and seventies up to his triumphant recent tours, every stage of Cohen's remarkable life is expertly analysed.Includes more than 200 photos and the thoughts, memories and comments of those who have both worked with him and the many who have been inspired by this most unique of artists.

About this title

About the Author:

Harvey Kubernik is a writer, editor and journalist whose work has appeared in, Melody Maker, Crawdaddy!, Musician, Goldmine, MIX, the Los Angeles Times and MOJO. The author of several books, hislatest, Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon was described by one reviewer as 'one of the best books on rock ever written'. A former A&R man for MCA records, in the past 40 years he has appeared in and produced countless music documentaries, written extensively on Leonard Cohen, and interviewed him several times.

Review:

A gourmet smorgasbord for Lenny Heads: oral biography, photo scrapbook and coffee table centrepiece.' Mojo

About this edition

• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1785580175
• ISBN 13: 9781785580178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224