If this miserably relentless year hasn’t beaten you down enough, yesterday Leonard Cohen left this earth at the age of 82. Cohen leaves behind one of the most unique, exquisite songbooks of any generation, as evidenced by these covers ranging from artists like Bob Dylan and Beck to Phish and Nicole Atkins, and nearly everything in between. 
 
As you’ll see below, this is just another heartbreaking, devastating blow to the music world in 2016. Cohen joins Bowie, Prince, Lemmy, Merle Haggard, Glenn Frey and many others as incredible songwriters to leave us this year.

Enjoy a few covers of his below. 

Bob Dylan | “Hallelujah” 

Nicole Atkins | “Bird on a Wire” 

R.E.M. | “First We Take Manhattan”

Beck | “Suzanne” 

Phish | “Is This What You Wanted?”

Concrete Blonde | “Everybody Knows” 

Nick Cave | “Suzanne” 

Father John Misty | “Bird on a Wire”