July 9, 2022 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Rufus Wainwright credits Leonard Cohen with providing him “a kind yet brutally strong nudge toward where I really ought to be heading”
December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “He was feeding…a little bird that he’d found that had fallen out of the nest” Rufus Wainwright Meets Leonard Cohen For First Time
October 19, 2021 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Q: Tell us about the song that defines Canada for you? Rufus Wainwright: “In this Leonard Cohen world right now, the song Suzanne really represents everything that is mysterious…about great Canadian songwriting…”
September 25, 2021May 21, 2022 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen When My Leonard Cohen Sites Were Proofread – And Corrected – By Leonard Cohen
July 23, 2021 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “Simplicity mixed with an insane sophistication” Hear Rufus Wainwright Talk About Leonard Cohen’s Songwriting
June 26, 2021October 19, 2021 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Rufus Wainwright’s Cover Of Hallelujah Is On Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox
May 22, 2021 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Rufus Wainwright Remembers Leonard Cohen: “He was a very happy grandfather… He was always very sweet to me as Viva’s father. He’d introduce me to people by saying: ‘This is Rufus, he’s a member of my family.'”
July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “She [Viva – Granddaughter of Leonard Cohen] loves to sing… She asks many times if she can be in a movie or on a TV show, and we want her to just finish her homework first. But we’ll see. She’s definitely raring to go.” Rufus Wainwright
July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Rufus Wainwright Performs Leonard Cohen’s So Long Marianne: Paris – Dec 18, 2017