“Hallelujah” continued making inroads into other genres of music. Country stars LeAnn Rimes, Brett Young, and Wynonna all performed the song. The night after Leonard Cohen’s death was announced, Keith ...

The basic arc of that story is familiar by now, but Hallelujah nonetheless adds to this ugly-pop-duckling success story. More clearly than ever, we’re able to see the secular changes Cohen made to the ...

Leonard Cohen’s signature song, “Hallelujah,” had its journey to music immortality stopped almost at birth by a record executive. The chief of Cohen’s label, Columbia, vetoed the finished album ...

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 ...

It’s the singer, not the song; or is it the other way around? My answer: depends on the song. The 2021 documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song explores the Canadian singer-songwriter ...

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is an insightful look at the legendary performer and songwriter through the lens of one of his most successful and often covered songs, Hallelujah. When it ...

Prior to his 80th birthday in 2014, Leonard Cohen approved the production of the documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song. Produced and directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine (The ...

Back in September 2010, noted music journalist (and former editor in chief of SPIN and Vibe magazines) Alan Light was among 4,000 people sitting in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for Yom Kippur ...

When it comes to Leonard Cohen’s 1984 song “Hallelujah,” most people fall into two camps: You’ve heard it via Jeff Buckley or via Shrek. If you’re part of that very small minority that my husband, a ...

Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished “Hallelujah.” Well, the first version of “Hallelujah” — there would be many, many versions when all was said and done. He’d toiled on the ...

In Alan Light's newly expanded book about the strange, growing legacy of 'Hallelujah,' he explores how the sexy song became a country favorite and then unlikely holiday hymn. If Leonard Cohen built a ...