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Article: CD REVIEW: 'Ten New Songs' reveal Leonard Cohen's passion for life
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- October 19, 2001
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Megan Milks
University Wire
10-19-2001
(Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Leonard Cohen has been around for a long time. He's lived with Allen Ginsberg, he's loved Rebecca de Mornay and he's written some of the most lasting songs of the 20th century. It's been nine years since he last released an album. With "Ten New Songs," Cohen, usually the minstrel of the miserable, returns with a surprisingly hopeful collection of poignant ballads, a collection that could function as a brilliant finale to a typically brilliant career.
Cohen's songs speak across generations -- he's the Canadian counterpart to America's Bob Dylan. In his songs he pens truth. It's as though -- please ...