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I spent most of last week in Montreal, and I’ll soon be blogging about Schwartz’s, poutine, graffiti, an amazing beer bar and, most importantly, the M for Montreal festival. But before looking at the next great artists coming out of Canada, I’d like to give a run down of my Top 10 Canadian musical acts of all time (including bands made up primarily of Canadians). For a country of only 33 million people, our Northern neighbors have had an enormous impact on popular music. Even the list of great Canadian musicians who didn’t make my Top 10 (Barenaked Ladies, Feist, The New Pornagraphers, Destroyer, Kathleen Edwards, Stars, Daniel Lanois, Broken Social Scene, etc.) is impressive. So, Canadians, the comments section is where you try to convince us how great The Tragically Hip really was—or let me know who else I'm missing.

One of our favorite singer-songwriter-poet-novelist-legends, Leonard Cohen, has added more tour dates to the ones we told you about back in March. Unfortunately for those stateside, as with the already announced dates, none of the new stops are in the U.S.

Leonard Cohen, the legendary 73-year-old Canadian songwriter—who looks nothing like Al Pacino—will embark on his first tour in 15 years, staring June 6 in Toronto (remarkably close to when we told you he would).

The tour follows Cohen's recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Madonna, The Dave Clark Five, the Ventures and John Mellencamp. It precedes the forthcoming release of a new studio album on longtime label Sony BMG, which Cohen aims to put out by the end of the year.

Cohen's touring band will include Roscoe Beck on bass and guitar; Neil Larsen on keys, accordion and brass; Javier Mas on acoustic guitar, oud and strings; Christine Wu on violin, viola, cello and keys; Rafael Gayol on drums and Dino Soldo on keys, saxophone, wind instruments and viola.

So far, our man will, unfortunately, not be stopping anywhere near the Paste offices in Decatur, Ga., as all dates are outside of the U.S. His website promises that U.S. show announcements will be coming soon.

Dancing us to the end of love:

June
6-7 - Toronto, Ontario @ Sony Centre
14-15 - Dublin, Ireland @ IMMA
17-20 - Manchester, England @ Manchester International Festival
23-25 - Montreal, Quebec @ Place des Arts
29 - Glastonbury, England @ Glastonbury Festival

July
1 - Oslo, Norway @ Bislett Stadium
3 - Helsingborg, Sweden @ Open Air
5 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Rosenborg Castle
6 - Arhuus, Denmark @ Raadhus Parken
8 - Montreux, Switzerland @ Jazz Festival
9 - Lyon, France @ Les Nuits de Fourviere
10 - Bruges, Belgium @ Bruges Festival
12 - Amsterdam @ Westerpark
16 - Edinburgh, UK @ Edinburgh Castle
17 - London, UK @ O2 Arena
19 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Passeio Maritimo
20 - Benicassim, Spain @ Benicassim Festival
22 - Nice, France @ Cimiez Park
25 - Lorrach, Germany @ Stimmen Der Welt
27 - Lucca, Italy @ Lucca Summer Festival
29 - Athens, Greece @ Lykabettus Theatre

August
3 - Ledbury, England @ Big Chill Festival
5-6 - Istanbul, Turkey @ Arena
10 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Castle
12 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
14-15 - Girona, Spain @ Cap Roig
28-29 - Vienna, Austria @ Opera House

Related links:
LeonardCohen.com
Leonard Cohen tour dates on AEGLive.com
Paste: Blogs - Andy Whitman on Music: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame - Class of 2008

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Legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen and his band will be touring the U.S. and Canada in May, according to a post made on the singer’s official online forum on Jan. 13.

The upcoming tour may seem like frosting on the cake for fans of the poetic Canadian, who has recently celebrated several significant career milestones. Last year, Legacy Records commemorated the 40th anniversary of the release of Cohen’s first LP by reissuing his first three records in a deluxe digipack. And in March, Cohen will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The upcoming tour will be Cohen’s first major outing since 1993. No tour dates have been announced, but the forum post promised more details to come in February.

Related links:
LeonardCohen.com
Leonard Cohen on SonyMusic.com
Paste: 100 Best Living Songrwriters: Leonard Cohen

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It’s been 40 years since the release of Canadian songsmith Leonard Cohen’s first LP, and Legacy Records knows exactly how to celebrate.

On April 24, the Sony BMG division will reissue Cohen’s first three albums, complete with previously unreleased bonus material and newly commissioned liner notes written by Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis.

These expanded editions of Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Songs From A Room and Songs Of Love And Hate will be packaged in a hardcover digipak, similar to last year’s June Carter Cash retrospective Keep On the Sunny Side.

Be sure to check out issue #29 of Paste for reviews of all three reissues.

Related Links:
Leonard Cohen's homepage
Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man homepage