Alan Light

The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" (2012)

This unusual book is about a single song, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and its remarkable history as a pop phenomenon. The song was originally written and recorded by Cohen in 1984; it was covered by John Cale of Velvet Underground fame in 1991; it’s most popular recording was done by Jeff Buck...