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The song was the subject of a 2012 book, The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of 'Hallelujah'; author Alan Light said that Cohen's "approach to language and craft feel unlike the work of anybody else. They sound rooted in poetry and literature because he studied as a poet and a novelist first."
“The song ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen has become an anthem dedicated to peace, love and acceptance of the truth,” says Wainwright, whose version appears on the 2001 Shrek soundtrack ...
Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has said that he could use the fact Donald Trump is a fan of one of his songs to “reason” with the incoming president “if worse comes to the worse ...
Great song,” Trump told supporters when Wainwright’s cover of “Hallelujah” played from the speakers. The song, written by Cohen in 1984, has become a cult classic over the years.
In 2011, Wainwright announced the birth of his first child, with childhood friend Lorca Cohen, daughter of Leonard Cohen. [ 55 ] In July 2011 a 19-disc box set called House of Rufus containing all his studio and live recordings as well as previously unreleased material was released.
In addition to Cohen himself, various people affiliated with Cohen or associated with the song appear in the film, including artistic collaborator Sharon Robinson, John Lissauer (who produced and arranged of the original version of the song), Larry "Ratso" Sloman (a longtime interviewer), music producer Clive Davis, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Amanda Palmer, Eric Church ...
The former president played Wainwright's cover of the Leonard Cohen song during a bizarre, 30-minute-long listening party at his rally. Rufus Wainwright is the latest in a long line of musicians ...
Following is a list of original songs by Wainwright that have been released on a studio album, EP, soundtrack, compilation album, single, or DVD.Also included is "Ode to Antidote", a studio-quality promotional single used to promote a perfume by Viktor & Rolf, and "Patience is a Virtue", an original song available via digital download on Wal-Mart's website with the purchase of Release the Stars.