Leonard Cohen Tribute
Posted on 11. Mar, 2008 by admin in Damien News.
Damien performed ‘Hallelujah’ at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night in tribute to his musical hero Leonard Cohen. There are a couple of nice photos of the two of them together here and here.
Billboard reports from backstage at the event:
Damien Rice, who performed Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” just after Cohen’s induction, talked to Billboard backstage about what makes the song so special for him. “There’s an amazing connection between sex and spirituality, and it’s something Leonard Cohen hints at in that song,” he said. “It’s almost like a Buddhist master giving you a hint, but not the whole story. You have to take that hint and go sit with it.”Rice added that he’s presently in the studio in Los Angeles, but has no timetable to release his next album. “I’m just floating, seeing where the wind takes me,” he said.
