Born in Montreal Leonard Cohen was a respected poet and writer when he was in the sixties came as a songwriter. His dark poetry of Dylan put the work almost to the crown and inspired many artists (inter alia, Judy Collins and Nick Cave) to take to one of his songs. With advancing years Cohen refined his talent as a songwriter, and he knew his passionate songs always provide biting black humor. His
… old recordings were largely acoustic, but at the end of the eighties Cohen reinvented himself by his sound successfully with modern production techniques. Hereafter took off his productivity, but made comeback albums like Ten New Songs (2001) and Old Ideas (2012) for renewed interest in his work and performances.more