“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 ...
No song exists strictly within the milieu that the songwriter imagined for it. The magic of music is in the silent, but very real, interaction between the artist and the audience members, who are free ...
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 ...