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This comes again from Marie!

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Entertainment - Reuters


Leonard Cohen Marks 70th Birthday with New Album

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By Barry A. Jeckell
NEW YORK (Billboard) - A week after his 70th birthday, Leonard Cohen (news)
will release a new album, "Dear Heather," on Sept. 28, his first studio
recording since 2001's acclaimed "Ten New Songs."

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The new Columbia Records set will feature 12 new tracks, as well as a live
recording of the Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart country standard "Tennessee Waltz."
While "Ten New Songs" saw the Canadian poet/singer/songwriter collaborating
with former backup singer Sharon Robinson, who produced and performed the music
and co-wrote all of the songs, this time Cohen seems to be standing more on
his own. He worked again with producer/engineer Leann Ungar (Laurie Anderson
(news), Janis Ian), who was on hand last month in New York to preview some of
the material during a gathering of Cohen fans.
Cohen has reportedly also been crafting a new book of poetry, "Book of
Longing," the title of which stems from a lyric in the "Ten New Songs" piece "That
Don't Make It Junk." It is unknown when the book will be published, as it was
first revealed to be on the way when he was awarded the Order of Canada, the
country's highest civil honor, in January 2003.
"Ten New Songs" debuted at No. 143 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 4 on
Billboard's Top Canadian Albums chart.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Marie is on it ! Thanks, Marie !

And, well well, there we are ! I am still so glad to see Leanne on Leonard's latest ~ YaY, Leanne!

Thanks for posting this, Jarkko ~ Leonard's getting good press on this !

Jarkko,

Do you know if there is any advanced press tour scheduled like Leonard did for Ten New Songs? I hope so, I really enjoyed reading all those interviews.

Joe

Here is a Billboard article too. I didn't know TNS debuted so well in Canada!

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... 1000579076

Leonard Cohen Readies New Album

A week after his 70th birthday, Columbia will release a new Leonard Cohen studio album, "Dear Heather." Due Sept. 28, the set will be made up of 12 new tracks, as well as a live recording of the Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart country standard "Tennessee Waltz."

"Dear Heather" will be the Canadian poet/singer/songwriter's first album since 2001's acclaimed "Ten New Songs," which had found him collaborating with former backup singer Sharon Robinson, who produced and performed the music and co-wrote all of the songs. The album debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Top Canadian Albums chart and No. 143 on The Billboard 200.

I surfed yesterday thru the google search, the news is spreading all around!

Joe: as fas as I know there will be no promotional
press tour, although no final decision has been made yet.

BBC News has an article now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3900429.stm

Interesting article, Anne. Thanks for the link. Amazing how people 'obscure' him and our ongoing awareness of him.

I hope there will be video clip at least... Altough I have some (reasonable?) doubts...
Maybe we can get at least Leonard's comments to all of the songs, like last time, but this time also as bonus disc in limited edition with CD?