Like the blind men of lore groping to understand an elephant by focusing on a tail or a tusk or an ear, filmmakers have tended to approach the late singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But slowly but surely, the song has attained the status of a modern-day standard. It has reached Billboard‘s Hot 100 seven times ...

One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...

In 1984 — the same year that Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna ruled the pop charts with “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Purple Rain” and “Like a Virgin,” respectively — there was another classic that ...

We look at one of the most celebrated tracks from Jeff Buckley's classic album Grace, released 20 years ago. Music journalist Alan Light was so fascinated by the song and its longevity that he wrote a ...

The late Leonard Cohen's best known song, "Hallelujah," took more than a decade to find its audience. Alan Light, author of the "The Holy or the Broken," talks about the unlikely ascent of the song.

Leonard Cohen has written many excellent songs: “Suzanne,” “Bird on the Wire” and “Dance Me to the End of Love” to name a few. But “Hallelujah” has achieved escape velocity. As Alan Light chronicles ...

Very few songs have acquired as much staying power and widespread appeal as Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Covered by several iconic artists such as Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley, and with imagery and ...

Even if you've never heard of Leonard Cohen, you've almost certainly heard his song "Hallelujah." Maybe you've heard the version by Jeff Buckley, or John Cale, or Rufus Wainwright, or a contestant on ...

Underoath are on their way back with a new album titled Voyeurist now on the schedule for a Jan. 14 release. The latest track to arrive in advance of the record is an epic new song titled "Hallelujah.

I was at a restaurant recently when "Cats In The Cradle," a mid-'70s song by Harry Chapin, came on. It's the one about a dad too busy for his son, and ends with the son growing up to be too busy for ...