Leonard Cohen from the Pacifica Interview with WBAI host Kathleen Kendel on December 4, 1974

Leonard Cohen was a prolific and award winning poet, and at the request of Pacifica Station WBAI host Judy Collins she encouraged Leonard Cohen to perform live. Leonard's first performance was in fact at a WBAI benefit show. In 1974 He granted WBAI this lengthy interview where he spoke about music and reads from his earliest work and some then unpublished work.

BC2630 Leonard Cohen unedited December 4 1974

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BC2630 Leonard Cohen unedited December 4 1974

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