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I'll concede that Cohen is a Canadian songwriter. It's interesting to me, though, that he launched his music career in New York.
by hobochili 10y ago
I'll concede that Cohen is a Canadian songwriter. It's interesting to me, though, that he launched his music career in New York.
- dmix 10y agoThat's where all the good record labels and record producers were. All good Canadian musicians/actors/directors go to the US. They largely leave Canada behind without much mention of Canada during their careers besides Drake and to a lesser extent Neil Young being the exception. Leonard's first album had amazing production by american producer John Simon (who also worked with The Band, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin), probably the best in Cohen's entire career, so he chose well deciding to work out of Columbia's studio in NYC... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Leonard_Cohen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Leonard_Cohen