Interviews mit Leonard Cohen

Gestern auf der Heimfahrt habe ich das Buch über New Orleans ausgelesen. Es war ein tolles und informatives Buch, das die Blütezeit von New Orleans behandelt hat - als Bars uns Bordelle erlaubt waren und zum alltäglichen Leben gehört haben. An Hand einiger Personen wurde über diese Zeit erzählt, so auch die Anfänge der Jazzmusiker Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet und Louis Armstrong, dem Politiker Thomas Anderson und der Bordell-Madam Josie Lobrano (Mary Deubler/Brady).

 

Abends habe ich mir dann ein neues Buch ausgesucht, und mich für einen 600 Seiten-Schmöker entschieden. Das es aber hauptsächlich aus Interviews besteht, werde ich es bald ausgelesen haben.

 

Meine neue Lektüre:

Jeff BURGER (Hrsg.)

Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen

Interviews and Encounters

Description: Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a strange and eventful life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than fifty interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and 2012.

 In Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen which includes a foreword by singer Suzanne Vega and eight pages of rarely seen photos the artist talks about Bird on the Wire, Hallelujah, Famous Blue Raincoat, and his other classic songs. He candidly discusses his famous romances, his years in a Zen monastery, his ill-fated collaboration with producer Phil Spector, and his long battle with depression. He also comments on his classic poetry and novels, the financial crisis that nearly wiped out his savings, and his remarkable late-career resurgence.

 Here you ll find interviews that first appeared in the New York Times and Rolling Stone, along with conversations that have not previously been printed in English. Some have been broadcast but never published. And some of the material has not been available until now in any format, including the many illuminating reminiscences that contributors supplied specifically for this definitive anthology."