Biography
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Adam Cohen accumulated stage experience through various New York rock ensembles in the early 1990s. Relocating to Los Angeles by the middle of the decade, he secured a solo deal with Columbia Records in 1997. His first full-length project, a self-titled collection of a dozen adult contemporary songs, arrived the following year and was swiftly succeeded by the EP Tell Me Everything.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1972, Cohen grew up across multiple countries—Canada, France, the United States, and Greece—as the child of celebrated songwriter Leonard Cohen. Formal piano instruction proved less formative than the artistic environment of his upbringing, which immersed him in diverse music and creative works introduced by family associates and visitors.
Upon reaching adulthood, he enrolled in college in New York and launched his professional path by performing and composing with several rock outfits, later adding guitar to his abilities. A move to Los Angeles near the close of the 1990s brought an opportunity to join Columbia Records, the same imprint long associated with his father.
For his debut album, Cohen collaborated with producer Steve Lindsey and enlisted songwriters Brock Walsh, Phil Roy, and Dillon O'Brian. The record reached stores in July 1998, coinciding with Bette Midler’s inclusion of Cohen’s composition “Lullaby in Blue” on Bathhouse Betty. Several years afterward he issued the French-language Mélancolista through Capitol in 2004 and simultaneously founded the band Low Millions, whose opening album Ex-Girlfriends appeared that same year. A rendition of his father’s “Take This Waltz” surfaced on the 2009 charity set War Child Presents Heroes, after which Cohen entered an extended hiatus.
He resurfaced in 2011 with Like a Man, his fourth album, which revealed stronger echoes of Leonard Cohen’s style than any prior effort and achieved greater commercial success. Following an extensive tour, he prepared the next release. Much of the material was captured in a house on the Greek island of Hydra, where Cohen had spent considerable time during his youth, resulting in We Go Home’s appearance in September 2014.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1972, Cohen grew up across multiple countries—Canada, France, the United States, and Greece—as the child of celebrated songwriter Leonard Cohen. Formal piano instruction proved less formative than the artistic environment of his upbringing, which immersed him in diverse music and creative works introduced by family associates and visitors.
Upon reaching adulthood, he enrolled in college in New York and launched his professional path by performing and composing with several rock outfits, later adding guitar to his abilities. A move to Los Angeles near the close of the 1990s brought an opportunity to join Columbia Records, the same imprint long associated with his father.
For his debut album, Cohen collaborated with producer Steve Lindsey and enlisted songwriters Brock Walsh, Phil Roy, and Dillon O'Brian. The record reached stores in July 1998, coinciding with Bette Midler’s inclusion of Cohen’s composition “Lullaby in Blue” on Bathhouse Betty. Several years afterward he issued the French-language Mélancolista through Capitol in 2004 and simultaneously founded the band Low Millions, whose opening album Ex-Girlfriends appeared that same year. A rendition of his father’s “Take This Waltz” surfaced on the 2009 charity set War Child Presents Heroes, after which Cohen entered an extended hiatus.
He resurfaced in 2011 with Like a Man, his fourth album, which revealed stronger echoes of Leonard Cohen’s style than any prior effort and achieved greater commercial success. Following an extensive tour, he prepared the next release. Much of the material was captured in a house on the Greek island of Hydra, where Cohen had spent considerable time during his youth, resulting in We Go Home’s appearance in September 2014.
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