“ Though most cultural observers hadn't noticed it yet, everything was now in place for Hallelujah to sweep through the pop landscape. It was a song that had multiple strong, emotional connections with… Alan Light
“ Needless to say, the song [Hallelujah] was now a climax in every show [of the 2009 Leonard Cohen tour], received like holy scripture. It belonged in a category with seeing Bob Dylan sing Like a Rollin… Alan Light
“ It’s a rather joyous song, Cohen said when Various Positions was released. I like very much the last verse—‘And even though it all went wrong, / I’ll stand before the Lord of Song / with nothing on my… Alan Light
“ Trained as a classical pianist, she was often called a jazz singer, but it was a label she deeply resented, seeing in it only a racial classification. She grudgingly accepted the popular nickname the… Alan Light
