‘The best wordsmith in contemporary song:’ Canadian musicians pay tribute to Cohen
For many Canadian musicians who grew up listening to and being inspired by Leonard Cohen, his death announced on Thursday hit the saddest of notes.
“An elegant practitioner of the senses. Fully engaged in the realm of desire and yet fully dedicated to the spiritual,” remarked k.d. lang, who covered his beloved song “Hallelujah” during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
“The quintessential renaissance man who will never be matched.”
Bruce Cockburn called Cohen “a beautiful romancer of the darkness in our souls.”