Renowned music journalist sylvie simmons draws on cohens private archives and a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired. Cohen, notoriously private, has granted interviews himself. The new york timesbestselling, definitive biography of lengendary artist leonard cohen singersongwriter leonard cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty yearsand one of the most elusive. In im your man, journalist sylvie simmons, one of the foremost. An elegant, deeply researched life of the canadian musician, poet and novelist. In the early hours of morning, drinking pisco sours at the party after the show, matias and diego suggested the three of them go into algorecords studio, owned by their friend and legendary chilean rock musician, perrosky, and play. Author sylvie simmons discusses her new book im your man. It soon became the most successful album which cohen had released in the us, and it reached number one in several european countries, transforming cohen into a bestselling.
The life of leonard cohen, download online i m your man. Im your man is the eighth studio album by leonard cohen, released in 1988. Im your man by sylvie simmons penguin books australia. Cohens birthplace, acclaimed music journalist sylvie simmons follows his trail, via. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It was widely considered cohens comeback album, after the poorly promoted various positions in 1984. Sep 14, 2012 leonard cohen is universally misunderstood, but that doesnt matter.
Leonard norman cohen was born in montreal in 1934, into an uppermiddleclass jewish family. The ageless troubadour of montreal at last has a biography that does him justice. Sylvie simmons was a little girl who loved the beatles, when she first heard leonard cohen sing. The life of leonard cohen 01 by sylvie simmons isbn.
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Acclaimed music journalist sylvie simmons crafts a portrait of cohen as nuanced as the man himself, drawing on a wealth of research that includes cohen s personal archives and more than 100 exclusive interviews with those closest to cohen from his lovers, friends, monks, professors, rabbis, and fellow musicians to his muses, including rebecca. Im your man is an intimate and insightful appreciation of the man responsible for suzanne, bird on a wire, hallelujah, and. Nov 27, 2012 as an experienced rock journalist and biographer, sylvie simmons must have been aware of the dangers when, back in 2009, she embarked on writing leonard cohen s life story. I heard him sing sisters of mercy and it just picked me up and throttled me.
Renowned music journalist sylvie simmons draws on cohen s private archives and a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired. In august this year sylvie played a concert in santiago, chile, accompanied by chilean musicians matias cena on acoustic guitar and electric guitarist diego alorda. Im your man tries to capture the poet, the musician, the lover, and the monk that is leonard cohen. Funny, revealing, selfaware, and deeply moving, matters of vital interest is an insightful memoir about eric lerners relationship with his friend, whose idiosyncratic style and dignified life was deeply informed by his spiritual practices. In im your man, journalist sylvie simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock n roll and popular music. Leonard norman cohen cc goq september 21, 1934 november 7, 2016 was a canadian singersongwriter, poet, and novelist.
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