Startlingly beautiful, characteristically challenging "Dear Heather"

Pamela Murray Winters described Leonard Cohen as "warm and mysterious, alternately mournful and romantic" in her review of his new album (Leonard Cohen's 'Dear Heather': Dark Territory, The Washington Post, 27/10/04).

Not only did she characterise the album as "startlingly beautiful, characteristically challenging", startlingly ( :-) ) she even claimed that "the man can sing. Indeed, the 70-year-old pipes have developed not only gravitas, but a deeper sensitivity to melody."