Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Latest Post from Alex Music blog

The Latest Post from Alex Music blog


Leonard Cohen - Heart Housed in Thornbush (1985)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:00 PM PDT


Track List01 - The law02 - Hey, that's not way to say goodbye03 - There is a war04 - Dance me to the end of love05 - Famous blue raincoat06 - Lover, lover, lover07 - The partisan08 - Sisters of Mercy09 - Memories10 - Passing through11 - If it be your will12 - Coming back to you13 - I tried to leave you14 - SuzanneDL Link 1 : mediafire

Leonard Cohen - Various Positions (1984)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT


Review by Jason Ankeny from allmusic.comRecorded with vocalist Jennifer Warnes (who later cut the album Famous Blue Raincoat, a collection of Leonard Cohen compositions), Various Positions is a stunning return to form -- Cohen's strongest work since New Skin for the Old Ceremony. Cryptic and spartan, the set continues in the eclectic vein of recent efforts, but with greater clarity and focus,

Leonard Cohen - Recent Songs (1979)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:00 PM PDT


Review by William Ruhlmann from allmusic.comThe first thing Leonard Cohen's music fans noticed about his sixth new studio album, given the typically open-ended title Recent Songs, was that, musically, it marked a return to the gypsy folk sound of his early records after the incongruous arrangements Phil Spector imposed on its predecessor, Death of a Ladies' Man, only two years earlier. There were

Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man (1977)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 01:00 PM PDT


Review by Dave Thompson from allmusic.comOne of the most controversial partnerships in either man's career was inaugurated the day Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector decided to make an album together. In the course of just three weeks together, the pair had written 15 new songs, described by Spector as "some great f*ckin' music." And though the recording took somewhat longer, Death of a Ladies' Man

Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony (1974)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:00 PM PDT


Review by Vik Iyengar from allmusic.comLeonard Cohen was a poet long before he decided to pick up a guitar. Despite singing in a dry baritone over spare arrangements, Cohen is a gifted lyricist who captivates the listener. New Skin for the Old Ceremony may be Leonard Cohen's most musical album, as he is accompanied by violas, mandolins, banjos, and percussion that give his music more texture than

Leonard Cohen - Live Songs (1973)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 11:00 AM PDT


From amazon.comBy the time Leonard Cohen began his recording career in 1967, the iconoclastic Canadian troubadour was already well established as a poet and author. He quickly emerged as one of the era's most original and influential singer-songwriters, building a large and legendary body of work that continues to inspire artists and listeners alike.Much of Cohen's reputation and mystique was

Katherine Jenkins - From The Heart (2007)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 09:43 AM PDT


Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was released in China in 2007 though it is available as an 'import' in other countries. It is a compilation CD of songs from her first four albubs. Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano and the all-time fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date. She is currently the first and only British classical artist to have two

Oi Va Voi - Travelling The Face Of The Globe(2009)

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 06:46 AM PDT


Nik Ammar (Guitar, Vocals)Bridgette Amofah (Vocals)Josh Breslaw (Drums)Stephen Levi (Clarinet, Vocals)David Orchant (Trumpet)Anna Phoebe (Violin)Lucy Shaw (Bass)Oi Va Voi is a British band that takes its name from a Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew meaning, approximately "Oh, dear!" It is an experimental band from London, England, which formed in the late 1990s. Their sound