It Was The Best Gig Ever # 27: Leonard Cohen, Wellington, 2009

I can’t remember not being a Leonard Cohen fan, really. And I can’t remember how it even happened – but I think, mostly, it was the words. And it was that book, the collection of his lyrics and poems, Stranger Music. I had a wine-soaked copy through university, and I’d owned it since high school. A gift from my mum. She recognised quickly how much song …