This page is a small portal into the Leonard Cohen archives.
Together with Speaking Cohen: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen and His Words and Articles & Interviews section of The Leonard Cohen Files, we'll try to provide you insight into the world of Leonard Cohen's music and poetry, with the help of his interviews and newspaper articles.



(c) Dominique Issermann


Our transcripts:

1985 The BP Fallon Orchestra, RTE 2 Radio, March 2, 1985
1985 The Midday Show With Ray Martin (ABC, Sydney, Australia)
1974 For He's Touched Your Perfect Body With His Mind: Pacifica Interview by Kathleen Kendel (WBAI Radio, New York)



Highlights on other sites:

Back On Boogie Street
2004 Hallelujah: 70 Things On Leonard Cohen At 70 by Tim de Lisle (The Leonard Cohen Files)
2001 Felonious Monk by Sylvie Simmons, Mojo (www.10newsongs.com)
2001 Premiere Online Web Chat (www.leonardcohen.com)
2001 State Of Grace by Doug Saunders, Toronto Globe and Mail (www.10newsongs.com)
2001 An Interview With Stina, Paris 2001 (Speaking Cohen)
2001 C'est Lenoir, France-Inter Radio Interview (www.10newsongs.com)
2001-2005 Hallelujah Page - various articles dealing with most beloved Cohen song compiled by Marie Mazur (Speaking Cohen)
2000 The Return Of A Ladies' Man by Judith Fitzgerald (The Leonard Cohen Files)

My Secret Life (at Mt. Baldy)
1999 Our National Muse by Judith Fitzgerald (The Leonard Cohen Files)
1998 Billboard's 30th Anniversary Tribute (Speaking Cohen)
1998 Leonard Cohen Unplugged by Pico Iyer (The Leonard Cohen Files)
1997 Synergie France-Inter Radio Interview (The Leonard Cohen Files)
1997 KCRW Radio Interview: Morning Becomes Eclectic (The Leonard Cohen Files)

I'm Your Man (1984-1994)
1994 BBC Radio Interview: The Canadian Songwriter Reflects On His Musical Career, with Suzanne Vega and Jennifer Warnes (Bird on a Wire [archived page!])
1994 The D-Files by Dave Fanning, 2FM, Ireland (Speaking Cohen)
1993 The Prince Of Bummers by Leon Wieseltier, New Yorker (Speaking Cohen)
1992 La Cercle de Minuit by Michel Field, France2 (Speaking Cohen)
1992 The Future Radio Special by Bob Mackowitz (Speaking Cohen)
1988 Leonard Cohen's Nervous Breakthrough by Mark Rowland, Musician (Speaking Cohen)
1988 RTE Radio Interview: How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns by John McKenna (The Leonard Cohen Files)
1988 Leonard Cohen: A Portrait In First Person by Moses Znaimer, CBC (Speaking Cohen)
1986 The John Hammond Years (The Leonard Cohen Files)
1985 Another Room Magazine Interview by Kristine McKenna (Speaking Cohen)
1984 An Interview With Robert Sward (The Leonard Cohen Files)

New Skins, Old Rituals (1974-1983)
1980 ABC Australia Radio (Speaking Cohen)
1974 Interview With Leonard Cohen by Jordi Sierra I Fabra (Speaking Cohen)
1974 ZigZag Interview by Robin Pike (Soeaking Cohen)

The Golden Voice (1967-1973)
1973 Leonard Cohen, An Interview by Pat Harbron, Beetle (Speaking Cohen)
1969 An Interview With Leonard Cohen by Michael Harris, Duel (Speaking Cohen)

Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956-1966)
1967 After The Wipe-Out, A Renewal by Sandra Djwa (Speaking Cohen)