The Leonard Cohen estate is objecting to President Donald J. Trump’s promised - or threatened - use of the song “Hallelujah” ahead of Wednesday night’s Freedom 250 rally on the National Mall in ...

A highlight from recent album Trying Times, the song also features a sampled recreation of the Titanic's Morse code SOS ...

It’s not at all uncommon for performers or their families to object when Donald Trump uses their music at a rally or video. Their public pushback, though, usually happens after the fact. But on ...

The president said that opera singer Christopher Macchio would perform the song at his Trump rally on June 24 ...

Leonard Cohen is a renowned wordsmith, but he needed a connection with his lyrics, which is why he wasn't happy with the ...

Cohen, whose life is explored in the new documentary 'Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will', died in 2016 at age 82 The new documentary Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will explores the star's legacy and ...

Leonard Cohen is hardly the first name that comes to mind as a spokesperson for “the true meaning of the holidays.” As a religious studies scholar specializing in the history of earliest Christianity, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. “From the beginning,” says Geller, “we really knew that the song was the ...

Trump had announced weeks earlier that Christopher Macchio would perform the 1984 classic at the opening of the Great American State Fair ...

Donald Trump had announced earlier in June that 'Hallelujah' would be performed at the opening of the Great American State Fair, fuelling the long-term feud between the US president and the estate of ...